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Electronic Monitoring Electronic monitoring can take many forms, this happens because technology is becoming cheaper and very powerful such as wireless communication, GPS applications. Softwares that are very powerful enable amounts of s and phone calls to be recorded and processed easy and has large storage spaces. In today's society electronic monitoring is encouraging people to stop combat crime and terrorism.

Employee Monitoring Definition: Involves the use of computers to observe, record and review an individuals use of a computer, including communications such as , keyboard activity and website visits. This software allows the employer to check on the employee to make sure there is no misuse of property. Does the Employer have the right to read employee messages?? One survey has been brought up that more than 73% of company's search and read employee files voice mail web connections and other network and communications. 25% of company’s have fired employees for misusing communications technology. Do you think they need policy? Some Employees feel under the threat of being monitored and feel they have the right to some privacy.

RFID Tags RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification). In work employers are RFID tagging so they can be monitored when they walk from one place to another. Some schools did an experiment with the RFID tags in student cards to monitor the students as they walk around in and outside of school. Tags are easily inserted into Id cards, Credit cards, drivers licence, animals and passports. Much more powerful radio tags are used to monitor prisoners who have been allowed to do a little bit of there sentence at home, if they leave the area, the tag will tell them.

Monitoring In Public Places In airports and public transport and entrance to buildings and other facilities, closed circuit TV has been installed. The purpose of CC TV is to minimize robbery and terrorism, cameras are in operation in Britain, in London all traffic in and out of the central city is monitored and made to pay a fee. Mobile phones can now be tracked if they are switched on as each cell is the system registers when a person moves from one part of a city to another, many people are sensitive the issue of privacy because of who has access to it and what other people will make of it.

GPS Tracking GPS tracking is used to monitor and investigate work. Its has a system satellite technology and the latest mapping software to track personal and company vehicles secretly, providing vehicle movements with or without driver knowledge. A driver could make a stop to pick up a coffee or drink or even go to the toilet and the employer can question the driver about it later. Do you think this is breaking a privacy act for the driver?

Mobile Phones With Cameras This type of technology has become very popular and fun to use, but sometimes people are use camera phones to take pictures of changed rooms, on the beach, in a classroom or even in a office or conference and this investigation has been called spying or harassment. This device can even be linked to the internet just as surveillance cameras. This monitoring is growing exclusively and is been used in kindergartens.