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Privacy at work

Information on data protection in the workplace, employee monitoring, surveillance and employee duties of confidentiality.

Israel :: Retention of employee records

Although the Protection of Privacy Law, 5741 of 1981 does not explicitly mention the retention period, the Protection Privacy Authority and the Security Regulations state that data retained as part of the pre-employment procedure and duration of employment must be discarded after the termination of employment …

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Israel :: Employee monitoring

Although the state closely monitors all communications between the populations via its agency The Shin Bet, (Sherut ha’Bitachon ha’Klali), employers monitoring activities are highly circumscribed …

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Israel :: Privacy of data found on social media

No law regulates the surveillance of social media and virtually no case law exists privacy abuse in this field …

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Israel :: Employer liability for breaches of data protection provisions

The Registrar of Databases is one of the privacy enforcing authorities in Israel …

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Israel :: Employee’s personal data

An employees’ corporate email may be monitored, however, if for whatever reason the employee chooses to use the email for personal messages, their employer must obtain an informed and explicit consent in order to access the private data …

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Israel :: Privacy at work

The Human Dignity and Liberty Basic law (Articles 7) safeguards constitutionally the right to privacy …

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FedEE Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement

The Federation of International Employers (FedEE) is committed to undertaking its activities in an ethical and humane way. We seek to verify that none of our Suppliers, Associates, Affiliates Representatives or Members is involved in unethical trade practices and operate our own employment policy in line with ILO conventions and the principles of best practice. Operational and strategic issues are the responsibility of the FedEE Board, whilst day-to-day running of FedEE is through its Secretary-General and contractual relationship with our operating affiliate FedEE Corporate Services Limited (FCSL). Our services are mainly engaged via FCSL and are principally in the fields of professional services, IT services, telecommunications, utilities and office supply. We undertake to pay our suppliers in a timely way and promote an organisational philosophy that promotes equality of opportunity, freedom of expression, tolerance and a liberal corporate stance. FedEE has its own code of conduct, developed many years ago, and seeks to both further that in the corporate world and adhere to it in our own organisation.