i called into a welfare office to tell a lady some personal information. nothing obscene or violent or threatening. she has now said that those conversations that we had are automatically taped and she will tape them off and relay them to her sisters. these conversations had nothing to do with work but are very personal things between myself and this case worker. my question is are the conversations taped and is she allowd to replay personal things that were said to her? keep in mind nothing harmful was said and i am not on social assistance so i will not lose any benefits or things of that nature thanks in advance for your answers and i live in toronto, canada.
2007-02-11 06:49:05 · 7 answers · asked by sexylousleo 2 in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
A counsellor is under the Law of Ethics and is not allowed to discuss your situation without your prior knowledge and approval. If your conversation was taped, then she was obligated to tell you this before you spoke to her. What she has done is quite illegal if she taped the conversation without your knowledge. Dont wait, you need to contact this worker and tell her that if she dares discuss your situation with anyone, then you will take legal action against her. What you tell a counsellor is confidential, and unless she explains to you who she will tell, if anyone, then she cannot discuss it with anyone. If, however, it was a case of sexual abuse and you are under the age of 18, then she has a legal obligation to bring this situation to the attention of the authorities.....but everything I am telling you now, should have been explained to you before you spoke with her, and she was very unprofessional in not telling you all of this.
If she hasnt told you any of this at the beginning of the session, then she has fallen down in her professional duties and needs to be held accountable. If it is an organisation, you need to go to the Manager and complain about this unethical, unprofessional behaviour of this "counsellor". Very bad practice and will make you think twice before you confide in anyone again....Its terrible actually and gives counsellors a very bad name. You need to complain about this counsellor....she has acted outside of the Law.....she did not inform you of her legal obligations before the counselling session....that in itself is pretty poor. Complain bitterly about this because what you have told this woman is totally between you and her, unless she told you any differently before the interview. I am a counsellor and when someone has come to me, I always explain my legal obligations to the person, and I have said before the interview that while I will endeavour to keep everything you say confidential, I may have to discuss this with my collegue to get the best possible outcome for you. I would also tell my client of my legal obligations in the case of sexual assualt of a minor...and then its up to the client if they want to go ahead. You needed to be fully informed, and that didnt happen. This counsellor is in breach of the Law and could possibly lose her job....It is totally unethical what she has done.
2007-02-11 07:06:01 · answer #1 · answered by rightio 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would suggest that there would be confidentiality issues here, whether your conversation was personal or not. If she was working at the time of any conversation, she should not use that information to tr eaten you. Taping of conversations are there to stop people from being verbally abused or threatened while the are working, though generally, a warning comes first to let you know your conversation will be taped!
2007-02-11 14:55:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes those phone calls are recorded or can be. But if she said to you that she is going to relay that information to someone else then she is incriminating herself. So either the calls aren't really recorded or she is really stupid for putting her job in jeopardy. Why would tell someone your personal business like that in the first place ? If you are not on assistance what was the point of doing that ? Use better judgement next time.
2007-02-11 14:55:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is an invasion of your privacy and i do not feel that she has any legal right to do this. Have her put in writing to you what she is saying she is going to do to you and get a lawyer and take her to court over it if need be. I think she can lose her job over this one. Turn her into her superiors and make a formal complaint against her.
2007-02-11 15:07:58 · answer #4 · answered by Lady Hewitt 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is very unprofessional behavior. If she does have access and does play them to someone then you can turn her into her boss. You may even want to talk to someone over her or in her office to find out if she can, if its really important that she doesn't do this. I know this may not stop her from doing it, but it may stop her from doing it again to someone if the boss gets her for it.
2007-02-11 15:03:06 · answer #5 · answered by HereIAm 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
she has no right to record your conversation w/o your knowledge and consent it is against the law,inform her that you can press charges and are seriously thinking of doing just that,regardless of what was said she has no right to share your messages with anyone// the conversation was between yourself and her inform her if you had wanted to tell them you would have done it
2007-02-11 15:08:18 · answer #6 · answered by loveChrist 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know, but that doesn't sound quite right.
2007-02-11 14:52:51 · answer #7 · answered by suz' 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋