Electronic Mail, Internet and Privacy Policy In The Work Place
Electronic Mail, Internet and
Privacy Policy In The Work Place
Myatical Sweets
Business Communication 285
March 8, 2012
Mister Kevin Barns
As of February 2011 there are few laws regarding the employer monitoring of
employees’ email or internet use, but there are many companies that have included
policies in handbooks, memos and presentations presented to employees. According to
Privacy Rights Clearinghouse fact sheet seven, two thirds of surveyed, by American
Management Association and ePolicy Institute 2007, employers monitor employee
internet use. Employers’ main concern for the monitoring: “inappropriate surfing”. 65%
use software to block connections to web sites deemed off limits for employees. This is a
27% increase since 2001 when the survey was first conducted. Employers are concerned
about employees visiting adult sites with sexual content, as well as games, social
networking, entertainment, shopping and auctions, sports, and external blogs. Of the 43%
of companies that monitor e-mail, nearly three-fourths use technology to automatically
monitor e-mail. And 28% of employers have fired workers for e-mail misuse. Close to
half of employers track content, keystrokes, and time spent at the keyboard. And 12%
monitor blogs to see what is being written about the company. Another 10% monitor
social networking sites. Almost half of the companies use video monitoring to counter
theft, violence and sabotage. Of those, only 7% state they use video surveillance to track
employees’ on-the-job performance. Most employers notify employees of anti-theft video
surveillance (78%) and performance-related video monitoring (89%).
Research in the Indiana General Assembly provided three bills about workplace
monitoring of an employee. First is: Bill 1545, DIGEST OF HB 1545 (Updated January
23, 2001 1:13 PM - DI 96)
Privacy Policy In The Work Place
Myatical Sweets
Business Communication 285
March 8, 2012
Mister Kevin Barns
As of February 2011 there are few laws regarding the employer monitoring of
employees’ email or internet use, but there are many companies that have included
policies in handbooks, memos and presentations presented to employees. According to
Privacy Rights Clearinghouse fact sheet seven, two thirds of surveyed, by American
Management Association and ePolicy Institute 2007, employers monitor employee
internet use. Employers’ main concern for the monitoring: “inappropriate surfing”. 65%
use software to block connections to web sites deemed off limits for employees. This is a
27% increase since 2001 when the survey was first conducted. Employers are concerned
about employees visiting adult sites with sexual content, as well as games, social
networking, entertainment, shopping and auctions, sports, and external blogs. Of the 43%
of companies that monitor e-mail, nearly three-fourths use technology to automatically
monitor e-mail. And 28% of employers have fired workers for e-mail misuse. Close to
half of employers track content, keystrokes, and time spent at the keyboard. And 12%
monitor blogs to see what is being written about the company. Another 10% monitor
social networking sites. Almost half of the companies use video monitoring to counter
theft, violence and sabotage. Of those, only 7% state they use video surveillance to track
employees’ on-the-job performance. Most employers notify employees of anti-theft video
surveillance (78%) and performance-related video monitoring (89%).
Research in the Indiana General Assembly provided three bills about workplace
monitoring of an employee. First is: Bill 1545, DIGEST OF HB 1545 (Updated January
23, 2001 1:13 PM - DI 96)
Citations: amendments. Effective: July 1, 2012.