The distinction between intimacy and privacy is crucial in determining the limits of corporate surveillance in the workplace.
The employer or other employees to whom the employer has delegated his surveillance power may personally monitor employees, but they must be expressly designated for this task and this fact must be known to the rest of the employees, and they cannot be anonymous or secret confidants. On the other hand, some authors believe that the company may hire undercover private detectives, who can capture images and record conversations, provided that this is done in accordance with conventional law, that is, the Private Security Law.