Employee profiling software - Big Brother?

Emails sent in work time could soon be scanned by employers, to find out whether staff are applying for other jobs, or simply spending too much time on non-work activities, according to the Daily Mail.

With last year’s DTI’s Security Breaches Survey reporting that the biggest priority for businesses is protecting their reputation, more companies are introducing policies on acceptable usage for email and the internet. One in six employers already scans outgoing emails for inapprop... (472 more words)

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