A new Chartered Management Institute survey finds about one‑third of UK employers monitor workers’ online activity and roughly one in seven record or review screen activity. Strikingly, about a third of managers say they don’t know what tracking their organization uses, suggesting poor governance and disclosure. Several managers oppose these tools, citing trust and privacy harms.
— Widespread but opaque surveillance at work pressures lawmakers and regulators to set transparency, consent, and use‑limits for digital monitoring.
EditorDavid
2025.10.04
70% relevant
The article shows the flip side of workplace surveillance: when institutions lean on shallow activity metrics (keystrokes/idle timers) to manage remote work, employees can game them, and managers respond with punitive policy shifts (WFH suspension) rather than transparent, outcome‑based systems.
msmash
2025.09.15
100% relevant
CMI survey shared with the Guardian: one‑third monitoring; one in seven screen recording; one‑third of managers unsure what tracking exists.
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