CC. Privacy and Publicity
"Our work to improve privacy continues today."
Mark Zuckerberg
CEO, Facebook
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i. Privacy: Keep Your Life Private
- NL 1: Why Sending Your Resume To a “Headhunter” Can Cost You Dearly
- NL 2: Email at Work – Avoid These “Dozen Digital Disasters”
- QA 1: “I’m interviewing for a new job, and I’m three months pregnant. Do I have any obligation to tell my interviewers?”
- QA 2: Can I report something to HR and ask them to keep it confidential?
- QA 3: “When interviewing for a new job, if I am asked about my pending lawsuit against my former employer, what do I say?”
- QA 4: “How do I explain job loss after a personal tragedy made me lose focus?”
- QA 5: “What can I tell prospective employers about my secret government work?”
ii. Privacy: Stop Employers Prying into Your Life
- QA 1: “Can an employer insist that an employee’s Facebook page name an employer-representative as a “friend” so it can be closely monitored?”
- QA 2: “What happens if a prospective employer I’m interviewing with contacts my present employer? Should I let them?”
- QA 3: “Are prospective employers limited in what they can ask a former employer about you, and is the former employer limited in what it can say?”
- QA 4: “Can my employer contact another company to find out if I have interviewed with them?”
- QA 5: “Can a prospective employer ask if I smoke, or if I have a mortgage?”
iii. Privacy: Make Employers Keep Your Secrets
- QA 1: “Can an employer insist that an employee’s Facebook page name an employer-representative as a “friend” so it can be closely monitored?”
- QA 2: Can a future employer find out I was placed on a Performance Improvement Plan (called a “PIP”)?
- QA 3: “I took a FMLA leave of absence, and my boss told people of my medical problem. What should I do?”
- QA 4: “Is it an invasion of privacy if incidents involving employees are reported company-wide, including employees’ names?”
- QA 5: “How can I stop my resume from being used for unauthorized purposes?”
- QA 6: “Can my former employer claim to be the author of a magazine article I wrote as part my duties?”
- QA 7: “Can I trust Human Resources to keep things confidential?”
- QA 8: “What can an ex-employer say about an ex-employee?”
- QA 9: “If an agency introduces me to an employer, can I take a different job directly with the employer?”
- QA 10: “Can employers require medical information from job applicants?”
iv. Publicity: Control Your Name, Voice, Picture, etc.
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