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This presentation is not a implication, accusation or insinuation of GPCs policy and procedures for monitoring employees. This presentation is for information and entertainment purposes only!

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While it is true employees have workplace privacy rights, it is also true that employers have privacy rights. They have the right to invade your privacy.

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Using sophisticated software, hidden cameras, phone-tapping devices, "smart card" security badges and global- positioning technology, employers may electronically snoop employee: Computer keystrokes and files Internet, Web and email usage Locations, movements and activities Phone conversations and numbers dialed Job performance

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Such monitoring is virtually unregulated. Therefore, unless company policy specifically states otherwise (and even this is not assured), your employer may listen, watch and read most of your workplace communications.

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According to the most-recent, often-cited Electronic Monitoring and Surveillance published by the American Management Association (AMA) and The ePolicy Institute, most of the employers surveyed indicated that they subjected their employees to electronic surveillance in some way, shape or form; for example: 73% monitored email messages 66% monitored Web surfing 48% monitored with video surveillance 45% monitored keystrokes and keyboard time 43% monitored computer files

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Advancements in technology, employer abuse or monitoring systems, and the lack of legislation protecting employees have all sparked concern for employee privacy. American workers have almost no legal protection from employers who want to poke or prod into their personal lives. Few workers realize that there is no federal law that protects their privacy on the job.

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