Defining & Regulating Information Privacy in the American Workplace

Throughout American history, there have been numerous debates and significant deliberations regarding the controversial issue of the right to privacy, and the extent to which it should be regulated. However, one important aspect of privacy that has been continuously neglected is the right to information privacy in the workplace. In order to effectively consider a proper regulatory method regarding such, there first must be a proper definition of information privacy. Only after one has been created can a proper method of regulation be considered. This book will begin with the creation of such definition, and continue by proposing necessary regulation methods regarding its scope in the workplace. It will be demonstrated within that corporations are gathering personal information about both their prospective as well as their current employees (most of which come without their knowledge or consent), and that this practice proves to be unethical and immoral, and therefore, should be considered illegal. Regulatory methods for the protection of one's information privacy in the workplace will be offered, as will the appropriate reasons for why they must be implemented.