1. Employee Privacy in the Wired Workplace
... 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 surveillance. The difference, Lane argues, between these old methods of data gathering and electronic surveillance involves quantity: "Technology makes it possible for employers to gather enormous amounts of data about employees, often far beyond what ... the law holds employers liable for employees' actions such as violations of copyright laws, the distribution of offensive or graphic sexual material, and illegal disclosure...
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- Grade Level: Graduate