Earlier this week an anonymous Google employee sued over internal confidentiality policies that run the gamut from spying on employees to writing novels without the company’s approval, saying they breach California labor laws. The suit, first reported on by The Information, “alleges Google runs an internal ‘spying program’ which relies on employees voluntarily reporting other employees who might have leaked information.” The John Doe plaintiff, employed as a product manager at Google, is suing under a California provision that allows employees to sue on behalf of other co-workers. Should the plaintiff win, the state would receive 75 percent of the […]
