Should your boss track you online?
What are your privacy rights while working remotely? Call us: 1-888-416-8333
As more businesses offer hybrid work options, questions about employee productivity are top of mind.
That has some companies turning toward surveillance systems — such as software that can track a user's keyboard activity, or programs that share photos from a user's webcam — to monitor remote employees. According to a 2021 report from Toronto Metropolitan University's Cybersecure Policy Exchange, the practice has become more common during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Critics say tracking remote employees is fraught with privacy and security issues. Starting later this month, companies in Ontario with more than 25 employees will be required to disclose if and how they monitor workers.
Our question this week: Should your boss track you online? What are your privacy rights while working remotely?
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