Mr Huss says these changes have merely taken place due to huge growth in technology seen in the workplace since internet and email became commonly used in the mid-nineties. His argument is that the RIP works in the same disciplinary way as if someone is caught reading the paper under the desk or always constantly chatting by the coffee machine. It has, therefore, been designed to work in conjunction with the Human Rights Act. Companies which supply internet management solutions agree. The fact that they have been in existence since the mid-nineties highlights the point that the RIP has developed from the kind of practice already in place within the workplace.
Staff have nothing to fear.
This sort of equipment and RIP legislation just extends acceptable practices into new areas in the workplace. Just as it's not acceptable to be on the phone all day, it's not acceptable to be on the internet all day. Experts say that people, while at work, should not do anything online that they would not do offline. Staff, especially in this country, accept the internet is provided by the company for business purposes. Websense supplies companies with the equipment to block access to particular sites.