The very definition of what is private is up for grabs as lines blur between working hours, personal time and home life. NEWS.COM - Employee privacy under siege . Employee privacy in the United States is under siege as old rules for what employers can and cannot monitor give way to a regime of everyday observation, patchy legal protections and conflicting business priorities. Software that pores over intimate e-mail correspondences, tracks worker performance or thwarts employee theft has narrowed the realm of privacy for employees in offices, factories, on the road or telecommuting from home. In addition, the annual survey found that more than a quarter of respondent companies fired people for misuse of company technology and three-quarters have disciplined people.
People act as if they have privacy protection.
News - Final cybercrime draft heeds privacy concerns . There is still some controversy surrounding the draft. The last version didn't cut down on the requirements for preserving data that could be linked to a crime as ISPs had hoped, and some feel it still allows police too much power when fighting cybercrime. Any organisation implementing a CRM solution must consider the privacy aspects of the implementation. The scope of the privacy considerations covers any information recorded about the customer including web logs, emails, instant messaging sessions, transaction histories and call centre records.