Topic :

Surveillance at workplace

Submitted by-
Anusha Alexander
Submitted to – BCA 2nd SEM
B.M.Shashikala ROLL NO-08
USN NO-01JST20BCA008
SURVERILANC
E AT
WORKPLACE
Types of surveillance

Overt surveillance

Covert Surveillance
GENERAL PRINCIPLES
FOR SURVEILLANCE
POLICIES

• Openness
• Consent
• Consultation
• Private spaces
Methods of Surveillance
Telephone surveillance

1. Telephone tapping

2. Video facility
 ØTo collect location data
Biometric surveillance

• Technologies that measure and analyze human

physical and/or behavioral characteristics for
authentication, identification, or screening
purposes.
• physical characteristics -fingerprints, DNA
• behavioral characteristics - a person's manner of
walking or voice
Corporate
surveillance

Monitoring of activities within a

business or within the industry
associated with that business.
Monitoring of a person or group's
behavior by a
corporation
Methods of Surveillance
ØInternet Surveillance

This surveillance monitor the employee

internet activities. For this most of
companies use spy ware & cookies

ØVideo Surveillance
Through this surveillance monitor the employee
workplace activities.
In here video cameras connecting With recording
device use. There are Many uses of these surveillance

ØComputer Surveillance
This surveillance monitor the data and e
maila through a softwares such as the FBI's Magic
Lantern and CIPAV. There are uses of this
surveillance such as, Preventing excessive personal
use of computers, Protecting security of computer
system from external threats,Blocking Spam emails
 Advantages of workplace
surveillance
• Increase productivity
• Ensure workplace safety and security
• Ensure implementing smoothly
• Reducing exposure to liability risk
• — control the cost.
• Eliminate leaking of confidential
Disadvantages of workplace surveillance
 High cost
 Difficult to protect Employee privacy
 Distrust and resentment
Examples from Logiwiz

Telephone calls Monitoring

E-Mail Monitoring

CCTV Monitoring
Examples from Logiwiz - Cont

Web Browsing Limitations

Location Monitoring

Monthly Night work Roster

 Practical Issues of
surveillance
Mass surveillance limited personal,
social, political freedoms.
surveillance create in everyone a
feeling of always being watched
Civil rights groups and privacy groups
oppose surveillance as a violation of
people's right to privacy.
How HR Manager can intervene in surveillance

Reduce
conflicts

Create HR
Develop a
awarenes Manager Surveillan
s ce Policy

Create a
protective
atmospher
e
Thank you…