What is the name of your state? Florida
We had two employees at our company (a construction business) whom were roommates. There was a major falling out between the two of them, turns out the one who owned the home (we'll call him A) had a video feed on the roomies bed (we'll call him B). Because of the ackwardness of the situation, when B asked to transfer my superiors agreed that was best.
During this time A has been talking a lot about how B is allegedly a drug addict, owes him a lot of money, has stolen from him, stolen his son's identity, and is about to get a car reposessed that A co-signed on. Now that B has transferred and is staying in a company house that is provided for employees from out of town, A has demanded the address supposedly to foward mail and direct creditors. I told A that I would not give out that information because it was private and he wasn't entitled to it, my supervisor felt differantly and gave the adress to A anyways. He believes the allegations given by A and thinks that entitles him to B's address. Whether the allegations are true or not I just can't see how it's ethically acceptable (or legal for that matter) to give out an employees address to another employee.
I feel like this is so wrong and I've said so. Is the information that was given out protected, were any laws broken? Is the address considered "public knowledge" since the property is rented and provided by our company, and therefore allows us to give it out? If anyone can give specificly what rights of B's have been violated (if any have) I'd appreciate it. I suspect that A may use the information given to him to harrass B. That being said, I believe B has a right to know if his rights have been violated and if he can do anything about it.
FWIW, I'm not worried over losing my job over this. I've already put in my notice because of questionable practices that I've seen in the past. To me, this just seems to cross the line.What is the name of your state?
We had two employees at our company (a construction business) whom were roommates. There was a major falling out between the two of them, turns out the one who owned the home (we'll call him A) had a video feed on the roomies bed (we'll call him B). Because of the ackwardness of the situation, when B asked to transfer my superiors agreed that was best.
During this time A has been talking a lot about how B is allegedly a drug addict, owes him a lot of money, has stolen from him, stolen his son's identity, and is about to get a car reposessed that A co-signed on. Now that B has transferred and is staying in a company house that is provided for employees from out of town, A has demanded the address supposedly to foward mail and direct creditors. I told A that I would not give out that information because it was private and he wasn't entitled to it, my supervisor felt differantly and gave the adress to A anyways. He believes the allegations given by A and thinks that entitles him to B's address. Whether the allegations are true or not I just can't see how it's ethically acceptable (or legal for that matter) to give out an employees address to another employee.
I feel like this is so wrong and I've said so. Is the information that was given out protected, were any laws broken? Is the address considered "public knowledge" since the property is rented and provided by our company, and therefore allows us to give it out? If anyone can give specificly what rights of B's have been violated (if any have) I'd appreciate it. I suspect that A may use the information given to him to harrass B. That being said, I believe B has a right to know if his rights have been violated and if he can do anything about it.
FWIW, I'm not worried over losing my job over this. I've already put in my notice because of questionable practices that I've seen in the past. To me, this just seems to cross the line.What is the name of your state?