Can my place of employment where I also have my business, give unsolicited information regarding me.
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Can my place of employment where I also have my business, give unsolicited information regarding me.
My former insurance agent/employer recently let my ex-husband/customer know that
I was no longer employed there and my ex in turn told my youngest daughter before
I did causing us undue stress. This information was freely given and unsolicited
from my ex
Asked on May 2, 2016 under Employment Labor Law, Missouri
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 7 years ago | Contributor
An employer or former employer may share any truthful information about you that is not part of a limited subset of protected information (like your social security number, your bank account number, or certain medical/health related information) or which they are not prevented from sharing by a signed written confidentiality agreement (or confidentiality clause in some other agreement, like a severance or separation agreement). Otherwise, if it's not that limited information which the law presumes is confidential and it's not protected by a confidentiality agreement, any person can tell any other person what they know about you, even if it's embarassing or stressful, so long as it is true--like telling your ex that you no longer work there.
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