It's more allowing managers to manage their people in the electronic world the way people would have managed by wandering around and looking what people were producing on a daily basis. Debate Over Privacy Rights Sounds reasonable. But many workers and most privacy groups disagree and say that goes too far. Monitor excessive time on the Internet, they say, but not where workers choose to go. One man, who wanted his identity concealed, was fired recently for sending personal e-mails.
Workers say that's wrong.
But employers say they have to. Most people think filling a prescription is a confidential matter. What many do not know is that all their personal information is fed into the computer database of their insurance company, which must approve each prescription. These databases are not secure. Employers can gain access to personal information about patients that pharmacists wouldn't normally give employers.