Social Networking Online Protection Act ... prevents employees from being intercepted by employers
internationally recognized American lawyer Bradley Shear who helped draft the law on social networks online protection Fairfax said he noted with interest the increasing number of Australians in particular in the public sector, in trouble with their bosses on the alleged online activities.
the most recent case, reported by Fairfax this month, is an official of the Foreign Ministry who has the air of course get fired, accused of involvement in a Facebook page that allegedly sent threatening messages and "defamatory" in figures and senior politicians departments.
There is also the case of an officer of the Immigration Department has lost its appeal from the court this month opened the way for her to be fired by his department for the material "very review "posted via his personal Twitter account.
another person employed by the Australian Taxation Office was punished last year to make fun of an anti-porn activist describing them as "root of this religious feminist way."
clashes on social media between employees and their bosses are increasingly commonplace. Mr. Shear told US media that it was unacceptable for employers to attempt to interfere in the life line of their workers.
"national legislation I advocate a general desire to protect the confidentiality of personal digital accounts for most federal employees," the lawyer from Maryland said.
"I believe that the same privacy protections a government employee is offline should be extended online.
"Our personal contacts, communications with our significant other, our hopes and our dreams may be contained in our accounts based on the cloud and the absence of a court order of that information should be out the scope of government. "
" the bottom line is that I want future generations know the same protections for privacy that I had growing up and unless more people take a stand to protect our lives private digital lost. "
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Source: Call the legal protection for civil servants Online - Canberra. Times
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