Windows 10: Can my employer see what I do at home when I am connected to VPN?

I work remotely. All equipment belongs to me. My personal laptop/internet. To work I have to start a vpn session and log into a computer at the office using RDP.

Since I have dual monitors I run my rdp session on one screen and I usually have youtube or netflix up in the background on the second screen. I am wondering if its possible for my employer to see what I am doing outside of my rdp window since I am connected to company vpn?

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Can my employer see what I do at work when I am connected to VPN?

Thank you all for your contributions. To me it appears as there are some differences in thinking in the US and Europe.

First - I'm just interested in the technical part here. The legal part is another matter that varies from country to country it seems.

If I understand Kari correctly, it is not possible for my employer to see anything I do while connected to my VPN at home. This is the important part regarding this post

If my employer feels they should be able to see it, or even have the right to do so does not concern me at this stage. An oil rig comparison, as mentioned by Kari, is fairly close to how I work. I am physically located at my work for about 6 months a year. 3 of these months are my free time and off time. If I had had the opportunity I'd go home, but I cannot. Hence the legal part of this topic does not really matter. That is a just a matter between me and my employer. I want to be sure that they cannot see what I do on the internet for 3 months of my life every year and I understand that it is possible for me to take this opportunity from them if I connect to my own (or any VPN I guess?) VPN as described earlier in this post.

If you have any other suggestion to how I can make sure they will not spy on me, please let me know. If we could my colleagues and I would buy our own internet subscription, but unfortunately that is not possible at my work location at the moment.

It all comes down to the unpleasant fact that I do not trust them a bit. I would do anything to hinder them spying on me.

Isn’t VPN an encrypted “tunnel” from my laptop (that I own and paid for myself) to my VPN server at my house (that I also own and paid for myself)? Then how can my employer suddenly open this encrypted tunnel and see what is been transferred? Do you have any other suggestions to what I can do to protect my private life?

Still, if they have the opportunity, I would assume that they would take it if it is technically possible. And that is alone the reason for this thread. I have to be sure that they technically cannot watch me.

Sound good to me! And I hope you are correct. Still I see that some argue that they indeed can see what I am doing. Unfortunately I fear that my new employer will do what they can to spy on me and my colleagues…

This is a new employer that will take over my work location so I do not know what they will provide yet. Anyway, it is not a solution as long as they still might have the possibility to spy. And they’ll take that opportunity, I fear.