Companies are using myriad ways to check up on employees at home, from keylogger software to webcam monitoring.
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Tilting toilets are the latest suggestion to limit time spent on the loo at work.
From wearables with monitoring chips to face scanners that assess your contentment, workplace surveillance seems to be going in one direction.
Government agencies and contractors are now less trusting of their workers, and keeping a much closer eye on them, both on and off the job.
The use of surveillance cameras raises difficult issues for the law in balancing privacy with exposure that is in the public interest – and perhaps it’s time that balance was reviewed.
The UK government’s move to electronically track criminals on parole shows how wearable technology can become a virtual prison.
Workplace surveillance is creating a culture of suspicion that harms employers and their staff.
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Emeritus Professor of Law and Criminal Justice, University of South Australia
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Professor and Director, Communication and Media Research Institute, University of Westminster
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