COMPANIES: HOW PRIVATE ARE SHAREHOLDERS’ DETAILS?
“Privacy, like other rights, is not absolute. As a person moves into communal relations and activities such as business and social interaction, the scope of personal space shrinks” (Extract from judgment below) All companies – big and small, public and private – must keep registers of their shareholders and directors. And, as the SCA (Supreme […]
EMPLOYEES: ARE YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS PRIVATE?
“Privacy, like other rights, is not absolute” (extract from judgment below) Our courts have made it clear that posting derogatory or damaging comments about your employer or colleagues on social media can amount to misconduct and result in disciplinary action, perhaps even dismissal. A recent High Court decision, although it concerned a members’ dispute rather […]