[Janice charles]

Hi I have a Skype meeting with one of the Managers and I was tipped off that they were going to record what I have to say is this legal as I was not inform they were going to do this.

[ScottGem]

First, it is not a good idea to piggyback your question on another thread, especially an 8 year old one. To avoid confusion your question has been moved to its own thread.

Second, any question on law needs to include your general locale as laws vary by area.

Most likely it is legal. Whether they need to inform you depends on local laws. You are connecting (via Skype) to the corporate network. The corporation is allowed to keep copies of anything that happens on their corporate network. Just as they are allowed to have cameras covering their property, keep and review copies of e-mails sent, record any activity that goes through their network, etc. they would be allowed to record an online meeting.

What is your concern here?

[smoothy]

I agree with Scott. At my employer all forms of communication can be and in many cases are recorded and archived. Consent is implied and agreed to at time of employment as a condition of use of corporate assets as well as condition of continued employment. They don't generally HAVE to tell you every time and certainly don't in the 3 states I have worked OR the District of Columbia. Unless some local law where they are based supersedes that. For which we would need a general location to determine that.

Employers have a legal responsibility and liability for actions of their employees and these can in many cases clear the company of false claims by outside entities. And in other cases narrow an incident down to responsible individuals.

Of course you can refuse to participate and they of course have the right to terminate your employment for refusing. So consider carefully your next actions.

[talaniman]

Monitoring and recording emails, phone calls, meetings amongst management are standard operating procedure and part of the company's quality control policy.

Take this as a fair warning and conduct yourself appropriately at work... AT ALL TIMES.