... ' Internet usage "from expensive security breaches to reduced productivity" the benefits of electronic surveillance are outweighed by its costs to employees' privacy and autonomy. While surveillance of employees is not a new phenomenon, electronic surveillance allows employers to monitor workers with unprecedented efficiency. In his book The Naked Employee, Frederick Lane describes offline ways in which employers have been ... permitted to intrude on employees' privacy for decades, such as drug testing, background checks, psychological exams, lie detector tests, and in-store video survei...

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