Purpose
The company prohibits employee use of cameras in the workplace, including camera-equipped phones, tablets and other devices, when necessary to secure patient/client privacy and/or to protect trade secrets and other proprietary business information.
[Optional: The state of [insert state] prohibits the recording of conversations or meetings unless the consent of all parties involved is obtained. As such, secret recordings or recordings without permission of the employer are prohibited in all Company locations within the State.]
Restrictions on Employee Camera Use
1. Employees are prohibited from bringing cameras or other visual recording devices into areas where patient or client privacy may be compromised.
2. Employees are prohibited from bringing cameras or other visual recording devices into areas and/or meetings where company trade secrets or proprietary business information could be disclosed.
3. Employees may record workplace activities that are not prohibited by law or do not compromise confidential information as described above.
Company Monitoring
Company reserves the right to install security cameras in work areas for specific business reasons, such as security, theft protection or protection of proprietary information.
1. Company may find it necessary to monitor work areas with security cameras when there is a specific job- or business-related reason to do so. The company will do so only after first ensuring that such action is in compliance with state and federal laws.
2. Employees should not have any expectation of privacy in work-related areas.
3. Employee privacy in non-work areas will be respected to the extent possible. Reasonable suspicion of onsite drug use, physical abuse, theft or similar circumstances would be possible exceptions. Legal advice should be sought in advance in such rare cases where non-work area privacy must be compromised.
4. Employees should contact their supervisor or the human resource (HR) department if they have
questions about this policy.