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IanB:

--- Quote from: paulca on August 20, 2022, 12:21:23 pm ---I'm curious if the "wow" is because of the rat's nest of being internationally "seconded"/contracted or because I went there?
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I think you could talk to an employment lawyer about this.

I think that if you are a UK individual working for a UK company, then your personal information is protected under the GDPR. Even if such information becomes known to a foreign entity, GPDR still applies. (Whether it has any teeth or not, is another matter.)

The response of "wow" is because of the intrusive nature of the demands, and the fact that you complied with such intrusions.

You are not personally contracted to any organization other than your UK employer, and you have no personal obligation to other organizations. Your employer is responsible to safeguard any personal information they hold about you, and they could be heavily fined under GDPR if they did not protect it appropriately.

If your employer wants to second you overseas, the arrangement is between your employer and and the other organization. You are just piggy in the middle.

I think many of us reading this feel we would be less compliant than you have been.
nctnico:
Working on secret stuff is a different ball game.
IanB:

--- Quote from: nctnico on August 20, 2022, 05:22:57 pm ---Working on secret stuff is a different ball game.

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Working on American secret stuff for the US government is for Americans, not others. "You have to jump through all these hoops and go through all these background checks to get a security clearance to work on this stuff." Question: why would I do that? Answer: Patriotism! You should do this for love of country! But it is not my country. If I am British, I might do this for the British government, to work on British secret stuff, but why would I do it for America?

In short, you want to impose all these burdens on me so I can get all stressed out and worried for the sake of a few dollars? Go take a hike!
nctnico:
Understandable but most of the west-European countries work together with the USA on secret stuff so the USA also wants to know who has their hands on their secrets. This is a choice you have to make for yourself if you want to have a job that involves 'state secrets'. I have had such a job myself and I have to say I wasn't to keen on going through the whole clearance process (interviews and allowing access to personal information).

Ofcourse the situation is different if your employer forces you into such a situation (change of job description so to say).
IanB:

--- Quote from: nctnico on August 20, 2022, 05:37:08 pm ---if you want to have a job that...
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This is the key point. You have to look a the big picture, quality of life, what really matters to you, and then decide, "Do I really want or need to have a job that...?"
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