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Social Networks in the workplace : employees’ rights to online privacy
Mini Dissertation (LLM)--University of Pretoria, 2014.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/45969 Social Networks in the workplace : employees’ rights to online privacy Papadopoulos, Sylvia Antoniades, Louiza UCTD Mini Dissertation (LLM)--University of Pretoria, 2014. The aim of this application is to complete the LLM degree with a dissertation entitled “Social networks in the workplace: employees’ rights to online privacy”. The study entails an analysis of the current regulatory environment in South Africa, together with relevant case law and legislation involving the rights of employees’ in the workplace accessing social networking sites during working hours. The aims of this study are to analyse the current South African legislative position, and to determine the legal framework for the protection of employees’ online privacy. It can be seen from the basic information below, that one of the questions that arises is whether privacy can exist where there is in actual fact no physical space, and whether there is any legislation that can be applied in order to reach a conclusion. It is clear that the dissertation is working from a hypothesis that an employee’s right to online privacy is protected through various South African legislation as well as case law, provided that certain measures are taken. At present an employer is required to put in place an electronic communications policy in the workplace which should also comply with Schedule 8 of the Labour Relations Act 66 of 1995. The Employee must then be made aware of such a policy and consent must be given by the employee by signature thereof, which shall then bind the employee to the terms of the policy. The dissertation further looks at the following questions that arise as to what rights the employers’ have in respect of monitoring their employees’ online activity and what the employees’ rights to online privacy are with regard to social networks during the course of working hours. Legislation is referred to, for example the interplay between the PPI and RICA. The ECT Act is also discussed with reference being made to unauthorised access and interception with data, section 86(1) in particular prohibits the above without the necessary consent to do so. These present the most pertinent questions that are to be answered in the dissertation. The dissertation will reach a conclusion as to the above with all relevant authorities, case law and legislation. tm2015 Mercantile Law LLM Unrestricted 2015-07-02T11:06:16Z 2015-07-02T11:06:16Z 2015/04/16 2014 Mini Dissertation Antoniades, L 2014, Social Networks in the workplace : employees’ rights to online privacy, LLM Mini-dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/45969> A2015 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/45969 en © 2015 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Social Networks in the workplace : employees’ rights to online privacy |
| title | Social Networks in the workplace : employees’ rights to online privacy |
| title_full | Social Networks in the workplace : employees’ rights to online privacy |
| title_fullStr | Social Networks in the workplace : employees’ rights to online privacy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Social Networks in the workplace : employees’ rights to online privacy |
| title_short | Social Networks in the workplace : employees’ rights to online privacy |
| title_sort | social networks in the workplace employees rights to online privacy |
| topic | UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/45969 |