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Title: A Third of UK Firms Using 'Bossware' To Monitor Workers' Activity,
Survey Reveals

Link: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/09/15/1747...

A third of UK employers are using "bossware" technology to track workers'
activity with the most common methods including monitoring emails and web
browsing. From a report: Private companies are most likely to deploy in-work
surveillance and one in seven employers are recording or reviewing screen
activity, according to a UK-wide survey that estimates the extent of office
snooping. The findings, shared with the Guardian by the Chartered Management
Institute (CMI), are based on responses from hundreds of UK managers and
suggest there has been a recent growth in computerised work surveillance. In
2023, less than a fifth of people thought they were being monitored by an
employer, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) found. The finding that
about a third of managers report their organisations are monitoring workers'
online activities on employer-owned devices is probably an underestimate, as
roughly the same proportion said they don't know what tracking their
organisations do. Many monitoring systems are aimed at preventing insider
threats and safeguarding sensitive information as well as detecting
productivity dips. But the trend appears to be causing unease. A large
minority of managers are opposed to the practice, saying it undermines trust
with staff and invades their personal privacy, the CMI found.

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