1. Employee Privacy in the Wired Workplace
... has increased 27% since 2001. Unlike other company rules, however, Internet usage policies often include language authorizing companies to secretly monitor their employees, a practice that raises questions about rights in the workplace. Although companies often have legitimate concerns that lead them to monitor employees' Internet usage "from expensive security breaches to reduced productivity" 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 ...
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