Computer monitoring software: Internet/Email monitoring and employee monitoring

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Employer's concerns: Internet/Email monitoring and employee monitoring

Author: Catherine Roseberry

While computer network an Internet bring up high efficiency in information processing and co-working, this progress may also set back productivity and even harm business in some circumstances. Just think of the fact that:

24% of employers have had e-mail subpoenaed by courts and regulators
15% have battled workplace lawsuits triggered by employee e-mail

Employers always claim that employee monitoring software is used to protect business and enforce computer policies at workplaces. But what are they really worrying about in their mind?

Data theft and information leakage
Sabotage of computer system and electronic documents
Time-wasting on surfing web sites for personal interests
Decrease of workplace productivity
Lawsuits triggered by employee emails and Internet abuse

Internet/Email abuses that can not be tolerated

If an employee’s misuse of email or Internet is found too far unacceptable, the possibility is that he or she will get fired.
According to a survey conducted by American Management Association and ePolicy Institute titled “2007 Electronic Monitoring & Surveillance Survey: Over Half of All Employers Combined Fire Workers for E-Mail & Internet Abuse”: