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You know, technology
is an amazing thing.

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But, did you know that when you
delete computer files, e-mails,

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even voice mails...

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they don't really disappear?

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They can be retrieved to serve
your needs - or someone else's.

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Criminal investigations
have been conducted

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using electronic files
and messages as evidence.

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If someone wants to,

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they can track every keystroke
on a particular computer.

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When you think about it, our lives
are sort of one big "paper trail".

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From our electronic files and
correspondence to phone records,

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medical files, employment records,
bank statements and tax returns.

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We're used to much of this
information being private -

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no one is supposed to be able
to know everything about us.

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At least, that's what
we're used to at home.

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At work, privacy issues and
"who has a right to know what"

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are a little more complicated.

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What rights to privacy does
an employee really have?

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And what rights does an employer
have to protect property,

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information and security?

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While technology poses
its own set of challenges,

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privacy in the workplace is a lot
more than just who's surfing what

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and who's e-mailing whom.

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Companies have been taken
to court over such things as...

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reference checks, drug testing,

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disclosure of employee records,

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disclosure of discipline
or misconduct records,

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searches of employees
or employee belongings...

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and all forms of electronic monitoring.

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The outcome of these situations depends
a lot on how a company establishes,

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documents, communicates and
enforces employment policies.

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In the next few minutes,

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I'm going to give you four main areas
for you to pay attention to,

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as you deal with the privacy
issues in the workplace.

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Then I'll give you three actions
that you should do all the time

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to help keep you and your
organization out of court.

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It's important to keep your
organization out of court

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because these cases can result
in million dollar jury verdicts.

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But even more important,
every one of us, I think,

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wants to work in a place
that values our privacy.

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None of us wants big brother
looking over our shoulder.

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By following the guidelines
I'm going to share with you,

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you will show that you and your
organization do value employee privacy

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and that you want to create
a respectful workplace.

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That makes it better for all of us.