By Kyle O'Brien

A former Google employee is suing the search giant over what the suit claims are illegal confidentiality rules, according to a story on Computerworld.

The program, called Stopleaks, suggests that employees need to report on “strange things” they see or hear around them, including anyone asking detailed questions about an employee’s project or job, so states the complaint. It alleges that employees are to be banned from writing creative fiction such as “a novel about someone working at a tech company in Silicon Valley,” without Google’s approving the book idea and the final draft.

The internal policies, which allegedly include Read full story ›

Source: The Drum