Privacy protection and security of on-line data in a modern technological era

Abstract

Employees in all over the world are exposed to many types of privacy-invasive monitoring while earning a living. These include closed-circuit video monitoring, Internet monitoring and filtering, E-mail monitoring, instant message monitoring, phone monitoring, location monitoring, personality and psychological testing, and keystroke logging. Employers do have an interest in monitoring in order to address security risks, sexual harassment, and to ensure the acceptable performance of employees. However, these activities may diminish employee morale and dignity, and increase worker stress. Today, the workplace privacy issues are mostly combined with on-line data protection as the whole world depends on knowledge and data. Nearly every daily routine can be carried out through or with the help of technology. Doing this, we also contribute to the flow of data, in particular over networks such as the internet. Everywhere we go, we leave traces thereby making it possible for anybody interested enough to collect, organize and analyze our personal data. 85 This article is intended to critically analyze the issues that have arisen from the law and practice governing privacy protection and security of on-line data. Indeed, it will be dealt with the practical issues relating to privacy implementation through self-regulation and dispute with the some human rights. The last parts of the article will draw attention to contemporary challenges and possible suggestion for the developing countries like Sri Lanka to develop a piece of law specially analyzing the above mentioned issues of online data protection