Comments on: Privacy and the departing executive http://freebeer.com.au/2005/09/01/privacy-and-the-departing-executive/ Business development, marketing advice, virtual worlds, social software, second life Fri, 05 Dec 2008 13:18:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: carneagles http://freebeer.com.au/2005/09/01/privacy-and-the-departing-executive/#comment-27 carneagles Fri, 02 Sep 2005 04:59:34 +0000 http://freebeer.com.au/2005/09/01/privacy-and-the-departing-executive/#comment-27 Employees who leave are entitled to canvass their former employer's clients, but they're absolutely not allowed to remove lists of those clients and use them against their ex-employer. That's just basic employment law. I'd never been to the site in question before today, but I see from a quick look that contributor's email addresses don't appear to be publically displayed, so it's likely that a list has been taken. Presumably, the "immediate action" being taken by Fairfax includes a bit of sabre-rattling about returning or destroying any lists. Employees who leave are entitled to canvass their former employer’s clients, but they’re absolutely not allowed to remove lists of those clients and use them against their ex-employer. That’s just basic employment law.

I’d never been to the site in question before today, but I see from a quick look that contributor’s email addresses don’t appear to be publically displayed, so it’s likely that a list has been taken. Presumably, the “immediate action” being taken by Fairfax includes a bit of sabre-rattling about returning or destroying any lists.

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