The floor
What the law requires
Narrower than the compliance literature suggests, and the starting point rather than the conclusion.
What the Law Actually Requires
Four obligations recur across most jurisdictions. Stating them plainly is the starting point, and it is also where most discussions wrongly stop.
Consent That Cannot Be Refused
The signature exists in almost every arrangement and establishes less than the people collecting it believe.
Proportionality as a Legal Test
Three limbs, applied in order, by whoever eventually examines the arrangement. Knowing them in advance changes what gets built.
What Must Be Disclosed, and to Whom
The legal minimum, the practical minimum, and the gap between them — which is where most of the resentment lives.
Where the Law Is Silent
Six decisions that no regulation reaches, each of which shapes the experience more than anything the law governs.
Jurisdictions That Diverge Sharply
Monitoring law varies more between countries than almost anything else in employment, and a single global policy will be wrong somewhere.
Why Compliance Feels Like an Answer
Legal sign-off closes the discussion, and the reasons it does are structural rather than lazy.