1. Home work watch
With most office work being done from home during the pandemic, there is renewed concern about the implications of companies monitoring their employees online. Companies that offer remote monitoring software have reported a surge of interest in their products, reports The Guardian. Issues have been raised about, for instance, where the data collected from Zoom calls is stored, and which other companies it might be shared with. Last month it emerged that Microsoft 365, a software package, gives managers an overall rating of their team’s productivity by measuring things such as how many e-mails people are sending and who they are communicating with...
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