To paraphrase the apocryphal Churchill somewhat, now we’ve established that people have a right to privacy at work, we’re just haggling over what those rights s

To paraphrase the apocryphal Churchill somewhat, now we’ve established that people have a right to privacy at work, we’re just haggling over what those rights should be. Laws are reflections of attitudes. People in the US believe that they have limited right to privacy at work and so laws are written to reflect that belief. People in the UK don’t buy into that theory and so laws are written that are more nuanced. The first step to gain rights is to believe in them.