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Protect employee privacy by making electronic monitoring illegal

Submitted on Saturday 21st January 2017

Published on Monday 23rd January 2017

Current status: Closed

Closed: Tuesday 2nd May 2017

Signatures: 12

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BBC ~ BBC News ~ Digital ~ UK

Petition Action

Protect employee privacy by making electronic monitoring illegal

Petition Details

In some companies employees are tracked so closely that their managers can see if they pause between tasks or, even stop for a chat. Some companies are even monitoring workers metabolism. Some use 'badges worn by employees to record their movements, interactions and “speaking patterns”

Additional Information

Employment monitoring article https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jan/20/digital-giants-workers-robots-film-employee-monitoring-the-circle

BBC news Which! Report on personal data being sold. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38694016

New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/18/technology/data-crunching-is-coming-to-help-your-boss-manage-your-time.html


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