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Re:Uber finds one allegedly stolen Waymo file on an employee... by vidarh on Thursday April 06, 2017 @03:48AM (#14048721)
Yikes. Most jurisdictions I've worked a clause like that would be entirely unenforcable.

In Norway, employer even have only limited rights to access things like your employer owned devices if they are personal to you, on the basis that it would be an invasion of privacy unless a lot of steps have been taken to prevent you from accessing or storing personal information on it.

Though in a case like this where they have evidence that implies wrongdoing, that would be sufficient to search equipment the employer owns or have financed. The barrier for searching private equipment is massively higher, though, and would normally require going to court.

Personally I'd never consider working for anyone that demanded a clause like what you outlined. I understand their liability concerns, but the at the same time if they won't trust me, then I can't trust them.

Re:Uber finds one allegedly stolen Waymo file on an employee... by distances on Thursday April 06, 2017 @06:48AM (#14049417)
Similar in Finland. Employer isn't allowed to manually track any identifying data (such as IP addresses or e-mail recipients) in their own corporate networks, let alone the actual contents. In case of suspected wrongdoing, automatically collected logs can be handed over to the police for investigation.

Coming from this background the extremely lax privacy protections guaranteed for US based services are always somewhat creepy.