THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY AS A WORKER'S PERSONALITY RIGHT

It is crucial to strengthen the protection of the worker's personality rights, particularly, their right to privacy. Thus, we aim to analyze the protection recognized to the right to privacy, framing it within the scope of constitutionally guaranteed fundamental rights and personality rights recognized in labor law, dividing its study into three phases, namely, the pre-contractual phase, the execution phase of the contract and, finally, the phase of termination of the contract. Regarding the method of study adopted, a bibliographic review was carried out on the subject under debate, providing a legal approach, as well as jurisprudence, to specific cases decided in the Portuguese higher courts. The results obsted relate to the urgent need to protect the personality rights of workers who are increasingly Jarget of aggression by the employer. In fact, the introduction of new technologies in the world of work has increased the steering power of the employer, giving him a greater possibility of controlling the work performed by the worker and, consequently, increasing the possibility of attacks to the worker's privacy. It is concluded that the worker's right to privacy must be understood as a limit to the employer's power of direction.