Interviews with Experts
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Henrik Nilsson
Associate
Bird & Bird
July 2010
Subject: Employee Privacy in Sweden: Privacy in the Workplace, with a Focus on Employee Monitoring
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Many local and global companies are still considering their options for managing employee personal and protecting company assets. Companies look to establish additional controls to minimize their risks as they discover their security breaches are often the result of internal sources. Even regulators are tasking companies to monitor more closely the flows of data under the control of their employees. This has a direct effect on employee privacy as companies begin to monitor email traffic, internet access, employee office environments and so on. The company consolidated data centers, HR processing and operational processes to better manage themselves and service their clients and customers in 24/7 environment creates a requirement to understand the collective employee privacy requirements of each jurisdiction. Henrik Nilsson, of Bird & Bird in Stockholm, Sweden helps us understand the employee privacy practices and requirements in Sweden.
Topics of interest in this interview include:
- Diferences between local and global employee operational systems
- Balance of surveillance and employee privacy protection
- General rules for monitoring employee communications
- Information Computer & Technology (ICT) policies
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