[alchemist1e9]

I don’t get it, you have privacy at home or outside work, why when someone is paying you to work for them there is an expectation of privacy? You don’t see how that is extremely counterproductive for capitalism and economic activity?

Just don’t come to work right? You can have all the privacy you want? Or don’t visit the business if you are the customer.

Please help me understand what the logic and justification is to regulate and control security camera use within private enterprises (with the obvious exception of toilets and changing rooms etc)?

[W3zzy]

My employee can intrude on my privacy when he had probable cause but only then. Otherwise it is illegal to collect personal data. I need mutual trust to be productieve and evaluation of my work should always be upfront and transparant.

Otherwise I'm puzzled by your claim of productivity. Especially since we are stalking about labour productivity.

Notice that the top tier of the list is populated by countries with strict privacy laws.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_labour_...

> “There is a fundamental shift in how nations approach economic output. Strong social policies and strategic investment in worker well-being are creating more productive economies than traditional long-hour work cultures. The financial sector remains a key driver of high productivity, but it’s the emphasis on work-life balance that distinguishes the leading economies."

https://businessday.ng/news/article/top-10-most-productive-c...

We're past the industrial revolutionaire for while. A happy pig is a fat pig, one could say :-)

[W3zzy]

I work from home half of the time. I have clear targets. Some I set for my team, some are set for me. If I reach or surpass my targets, why should I be spied on constantly?

[alchemist1e9]

This is about security cameras at work sites and businesses. What does this have to do with WFH?

However while we are on the topic I don’t see why governments should impose any restrictions on businesses using monitoring systems on their WFH technology systems as long as it is disclosed to the employees they may be monitored.

When you are paid by an employer your job is to do exactly what they want and try to do it well. Your relationship is voluntary (at will) between both parties and if you don’t like it then don’t work for them.

[W3zzy]

You were mentioning productivity as a reason for motoring your every move at work. Productivity is not a valid reason.

The reason the can't use video footage is because your image is biometric data.

There are other ways of monitoring at the workplace without being so privacy invasive.

My team is set free. We don't have work hours. Technically we have to work 3 hours a day, between 10:00 and 12:00 and between 13:00 and 14:00. Without any monitoring they've reached their yearly target in may of this year.

So productivity is a falsehood. Nobody works harder when they're watched. People work hard when they are valued.

Fair performance reviews now and then do the job.

Then back on safety. I used to work in a bar years ago. It was in a busy part of the city and out of 30+ bars on the square I was the last to close. I had 3 cameras and they were installed for my safety. Imagery was erased every morning and only used when needed after a bar fight or theft. That's fair use.

Never use biometric data lightly.

On a sidenote. I just don't get why people want to live in a surveillance state so much. You can't build a society without trust.