It's not weird, but the reason you find it a privacy violation is that you're told so by employees (directly or indirectly. Employees are the only side to benef

It's not weird, but the reason you find it a privacy violation is that you're told so by employees (directly or indirectly. Employees are the only side to benefit from you being secretive about it. There are really not that many reasons to hide it, unless you're lying to someone about it. I've used knowledge of someone's salary to tilt negotiation in my favor multiple times.