Reply to post: Re: Legal Requirements?? -- InfoSec...

Most staffers expect bosses to snoop on them, say unions

Charles 9

Re: Legal Requirements?? -- InfoSec...

"If you work anywhere that has InfoSec requirements, then that thing slowing down your workstation is the indexer looking for things that aren't supposed to be on your workstation."

I have wondered about that. What happens when privacy laws conflict with data protection laws (say the job is at a government facility that handles other people's data). If the two types of laws conflict, which takes precedence?

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