The Impact of the Electronic Development on the Worker Privacy

Abstract

The author of the law, whether within the framework of the provisions on the contract of employment in the civil law, or in the labor law itself, was keen to provide the necessary legislative guarantees such as the protection of the privacy of the worker, as well as ensured the constitution the right of privacy as a human right, but the law gave the employer the right to monitor the worker during the execution of the work, but the development of modern technology negatively affected the privacy of the worker and the entire working relationship, as it became more vulnerable to any violation of his privacy, which is what Protecting that privacy requires issuing provisions and laws that guarantee the worker the right to privacy and not to disclose his secrets.

The relationship of work is a dependency relationship between the worker and the employer, but the latter must respect the privacy of the worker in light of the electronic development within the work and provide the means of monitoring the work and informing him of those means without harming the interest of the worker.

We are here in front of two conflicting interests, namely the interest of the employer to carry out and conduct the work by monitoring the worker in the performance of his work and between the freedom and privacy of the worker.