Conclusion

No matter where you do business, there is probably a piece of privacy legislation that governs the way that you collect, use, and disclose of personal data. Understand what your obligations are for handling personal data and to the data subject to which the privacy legislation applies. If you are an international company, your data handling practices will probably come under the jurisdiction of privacy legislation from multiple countries.

Don't make assumptions about what may be permissible in other countries based on your experiences in your native country. For example, in America monitoring employees is okay, whereas it is forbidden in other countries without a warrant. Consider this when creating features that may send tracking ...

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