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Identify the privacy concerns highlighted in the scenario.
How could these privacy concerns create risk for the employer?
Identify solutions for the employer to minimize or eliminate the risk
of violation of privacy.
Privacy Concerns Scenario
1. James is known to shop online during his breaks. His supervisor
has taken note of
this. When James went to lunch at noon, Sally, his supervisor, was
seen taking his
laptop into her office so she could “check on his work performance.”
2. Janet’s secretary, Tom, always prescreens her calls before
transferring them to her