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Productivity And Privacy: The Case Against Remote Employee Tracking Tools

Irina Raicu, director of Internet Ethics, published in the Forbes CIO Newsletter.
"In the U.S., the pandemic has driven many of us—the lucky ones—to working from home; this is likely to continue for some time. Amid this new reality, and in the name of maintaining productivity, many companies are deploying tools to track their remote employees’ online habits... However, indiscriminate deployment of tracking tools would create a surveillance work culture that is likely to cause significant harm, while at the same time failing to deliver the results that business leaders expect."
 
Irina Raicu, director of Internet Ethics, published in the Forbes CIO Newsletter.
 
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