Employee Privacy and Email: Workplace Monitoring and Implications

This report focuses on employee privacy, particularly in the context of email, workplace monitoring, and instant messaging. It highlights the tension between employers' need to monitor communications and employees' concerns about privacy. The report acknowledges the legal aspects of monitoring and the impact on employee morale and productivity. It emphasizes the importance of balancing these competing interests and provides insights into how organizations can address these challenges. The report also touches upon the use of new technologies and their implications for employee privacy, as well as the need for organizations to be more mindful of employee rights. The report's objective is to increase awareness of employee privacy issues and to provide practical recommendations for organizations.

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Information security
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Abstract
Topic: Employee privacy and email, WWW, and instant messaging
Employees privacy is one of the biggest concern for an organisation. In the organisation,
there are most of the employers monitor their employees as they are motivated by concern over
the lawsuit and the increasing role which electronic suggestion play in lawsuits. There are many
employees feel that monitoring them is a violation of their privacy rights but many types of
monitory which is permitted as per law (Chory, Vela and Avtgis, 2016). One of the key
challenges is related to the continuous monitoring of employee’s activity within the organisation.
If an email system is used by the firm then employer owns it and it permitted to review its
content. Messages sent to the firm and other the firm. Employees do not like that they are
continuously watched and their mail was check by the manager of the employer. There are many
new technologies are applied which become a problem for employees in order to maintain their
privacy. The reason for selecting this topic for research is to focus on maintaining employee’s
privacy which at present is avoided by most of the organisations (Sheer and Rice, 2017). There
are many issues arise due to which employees get frustrated because of continuous monitoring.
The present report will help in developing understanding related to the employee privacy and
email, WWW, and instant messaging.
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Reference
Chory, R.M., Vela, L.E. and Avtgis, T.A., 2016. Organizational surveillance of computer-
mediated workplace communication: employee privacy concerns and responses. Employee
Responsibilities and Rights Journal, 28(1), pp.23-43.
Sheer, V.C. and Rice, R.E., 2017. Mobile instant messaging use and social capital: Direct and
indirect associations with employee outcomes. Information & Management, 54(1), pp.90-
102.
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