Who, What, Where, When, and How?

Many companies may be shy about monitoring employees, but the federal Electronic Communications Privacy Act in the United States makes it clear that a company-provided computer system is the property of the employer. Employees should have no expectation of privacy when using the system to transmit e-mail, surf the Web, blog, text, or engage in any other form of electronic communication. In the Europe Union, the Data Protection Acts allow for employee monitoring, but the laws are more restrictive than the US laws. The Article 29 Working Party emphasizes preventing the misuse of company resources with means other than monitoring.

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