| Let's face it. Monitoring employees'
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| | hateful emails. Software for email
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| e-mail, tracking their Internet use,
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| | monitoring costs far less than a single
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| logging everything done at keyboards has
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| | compensation payment in case the victim
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| become the norm in Corporate America.With
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| | sues the firm. Lots of companies can't
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| computer monitoring software so cheap and
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| | afford litigation; those who can, don't
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| easy-to-apply it's no wonder that
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| | want it.Even logging every keystroke can
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| workplace surveillance becomes more and
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| | be justified if the employees are dealing
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| more widespread.Here are some figures
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| | with trade secrets or some other highly
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| from the 2005 Electronic Monitoring &
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| | valuable (in a direct sense of this word)
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| Surveillance Survey made by American
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| | information. It doesn't necessarily imply
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| Management Association and the consulting
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| | distrust -- some companies just won't
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| firm ePolicy Institute:76% of companies
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| | survive if some confidential information
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| monitor websites their employees visit,
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| | is lost.If the employer doesn't allow
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| and 65% use software to block connections
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| | staff to surf a bit during lunch breaks,
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| to certain websites.36% use software to
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| | it doesn't at all mean the boss is a
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| log keystrokes and keep track of the time
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| | petty tyrant or just greedy. There is
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| spent at keyboards. 50% store and review
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| | another reason for these
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| computer files.55% store and review
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| | restrictions.Unrestricted Web surfing
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| employees' email messages.So, wherever
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| | from workplace computers leads to
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| you work, the odds of your company's
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| | corporate PCs swarming with malicious
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| keeping a keen technology-aided eye on
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| | software. In fact, lots of these
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| you are pretty high. There is no such
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| | computers already are choke full of
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| thing as privacy at the workplace,
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| | various unwanted programs, some of them
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| experts say. Let's not have any illusions
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| | extremely dangerous.Last October, America
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| about it. Even if you are allowed to use
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| | Online and the National Cyber Security
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| workplace computer at lunchtime or after
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| | Alliance examined the computers of 329
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| work, the policy covering the use of
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| | randomly selected Internet users and
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| computers and the Internet applies as
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| | found that 85 percent of them contained
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| well.According to the same study, 84%
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| | some form of spyware. The average
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| companies surveyed do have rules covering
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| | "infected" computer had more than 90
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| personal use of email, 81% have
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| | spyware and adware programs.The State of
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| established policies governing the
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| | Spyware Report, made by Webroot Software
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| Internet use. So, majority of
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| | released on May 3, says:During Q1, 2005,
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| organizations at least have set up rules
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| | 87% of scans made with Webroot's SpyAudit
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| for everybody to observe.80% of
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| | software found some form of unwanted
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| organizations that monitor keystrokes and
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| | program (Trojan, system monitor, cookie
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| time spent at keyboards let employees
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| | or adware) on corporate PCs.Excluding
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| know about that. 86% notify staff about
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| | cookies, which are not such a serious
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| email monitoring, and 89% alert workers
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| | problem as key logger programs or Trojan
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| that their Web activities are tracked.
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| | horses, more than 55% of corporate PCs
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| These figures show that for vast majority
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| | contained unwanted programs. There were
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| of employers the aim is to make workforce
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| | an average of 7.2 non-cookie infections
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| to comply with the rules rather than to
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| | per PC.Now consider the fact that no
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| catch somebody red-handed. The remaining
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| | single anti-virus or anti-spyware product
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| 20%, 16% and 11% probably carry out
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| | protects against all the crap that might
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| clandestine monitoring. Too bad, but
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| | land in workplace computers. You are
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| there is little employees can do in most
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| | lucky if it's just irritating adware. But
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| such cases.It seems odd, but under the
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| | in case of programs capable of stealing
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| law, in many states employers aren't
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| | information, like keyloggers or
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| obliged to warn employees about computer
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| | keylogging-containing Trojans, a single
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| and /or email monitoring. We may grumble
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| | "overlooked" program may mean lost
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| it's not fair, we might protest, but
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| | valuable data.Of course, no regulation is
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| that's that. At least in the vast
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| | perfect. Everywhere where there are
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| majority of organizations monitoring is
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| | rules, policies and regulations there is
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| not surreptitious.If the rules are set,
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| | always room for abuse or
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| the only option is to conform to them.
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| | misunderstanding. It seems that the human
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| And try not to take offense, though it is
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| | factor is the weakest link here.Ancient
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| not easy. Though employers sometimes are
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| | Romans used to say "Dura lex sed lex"
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| carrying it too far, in most cases they
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| | (the law is harsh but it is a law).
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| aren't doing it out of pure malice.
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| | Present-day computerized workforce can
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| Company owners are protecting themselves
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| | paraphrase it "the policy is strict but
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| from reputation-damaging scandals, costly
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| | it's a policy".Alexandra Gamanenko
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| workplace harassment lawsuits and data
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| | currently works at Raytown Corporation,
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| leakage.Employers are expected to protect
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| | LLC -- an independent software
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| employees from hostility at workplaces,
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| | developing company that provides various
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| and they monitor, say, email messages to
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| | solutions for information security.
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| spot those who are sending obscene or
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