By: Brittany Hutcherson CSCI 101 Mrs. Garrison Thursday 3:30-4:45 EXTRA Points Assignment

What type of monitoring is done at work? accounts and the Internet Conversations on the phone File sharing Viewing of inappropriate web sites Cameras in the workplace, such as the break- room, hallways, entrance and exit Length of breaks The different kinds of software you use on your computer

What type of monitoring is done in public places? Tax data Education data Medical data Driver and crime data Census data Insurance data Lifestyle data Credit data World Wide data Employment data Financial data Miscellaneous data Cameras in public buildings, on highways, and ATM’s

What type of monitoring is done on the computer? accounts Internet Chat-room messaging Instant messaging Inappropriate web sites

Why are you monitored at work? Technological advances and the increased use of electronic communication in the workplace have made monitoring its use necessary for most companies.

What is the impact? Failure to monitor employee’s use of and the Internet can be costly to the company. 70% of attacks on corporate computer systems are conducted from inside the firm Productivity has decreased due to personal use of electronic communications If you are caught doing something at work you are not supposed to be doing, you can be terminated, fined, jailed, fired, or put on probation.

Do you have to be made aware of monitoring? No, you don’t have be made aware of monitoring. It's almost always legal because there are no laws regulating electronic surveillance in the private sector workplace. The only limit to employer surveillance comes from the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), a federal law passed in The ECPA prohibits employers from deliberately eavesdropping on purely personal conversations that an employee may have at work. It does not, however, prevent employers from listening in on business-related conversations or monitoring electronic communications such as and instant messaging.