Intrusion upon seclusion?
Can an employer rqeuest info from a hotel on my past guest visits without my permission? Isn't this invasion of privacy on both if the hotel complies? The hotel has said they only give info to the individual guest.
1 answer | asked Mar 9, 2003 12:46 PM [EST] | applies to North Carolina
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intrusion
First, not all states respect what we call the privacy torts. The jurisdiction you are in may or may not respect a suit based on intrusion on seclusion. Next, if the employer paid for the hotel expenses then it would at least have an arguable right to verify the information the employee submitted on his/her expense report. Inquiring beyond that kind of verification purpose sounds like an improper purpose; however, more facts would be useful here.
posted by Reagan Weaver | Mar 9, 2003 6:40 PM [EST]
First, not all states respect what we call the privacy torts. The jurisdiction you are in may or may not respect a suit based on intrusion on seclusion. Next, if the employer paid for the hotel expenses then it would at least have an arguable right to verify the information the employee submitted on his/her expense report. Inquiring beyond that kind of verification purpose sounds like an improper purpose; however, more facts would be useful here.
posted by Reagan Weaver | Mar 9, 2003 6:40 PM [EST]
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