Foley Proves That Computer Monitoring Works
U.S. Representative Mark Foley's techno-blunder has served to remind many that, as it says at columbusdispatch.com, "Internet exchanges are not confidential," and computer monitoring is quickly becoming a common practice.
The article discusses how easy it is for our Internet mail and chat sessions to be recorded for posterity, especially at work. And while the article quotes executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center Marc Rotenberg as saying, "There is a lot of monitoring that takes place in the American workplace that probably shouldn't," at Awareness Tech we're aware of exactly why computer monitoring should be going on.
Namely, to save workplace productivity. Workplace productivity suffers a serious blow when you consider that the average worker spends hours a day online. American businesses lose billions of dollars a year to this problem.
And then there's the cost of liability when someone misuses workplace computers (like Foley). This is why 26% have fired employees for e-mail abuse and 4% for offensive blog content and chatting. Not doing so simply costs companies too much.
This is why we created WebWatcher. WebWatcher is a comprehensive computer monitoring software system that allows managers and employers to block offensive websites, and includes email recording and chat recording.
People who abuse technology in this way need to be stopped, and especially when it happens in the workplace.
The article discusses how easy it is for our Internet mail and chat sessions to be recorded for posterity, especially at work. And while the article quotes executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center Marc Rotenberg as saying, "There is a lot of monitoring that takes place in the American workplace that probably shouldn't," at Awareness Tech we're aware of exactly why computer monitoring should be going on.
Namely, to save workplace productivity. Workplace productivity suffers a serious blow when you consider that the average worker spends hours a day online. American businesses lose billions of dollars a year to this problem.
And then there's the cost of liability when someone misuses workplace computers (like Foley). This is why 26% have fired employees for e-mail abuse and 4% for offensive blog content and chatting. Not doing so simply costs companies too much.
This is why we created WebWatcher. WebWatcher is a comprehensive computer monitoring software system that allows managers and employers to block offensive websites, and includes email recording and chat recording.
People who abuse technology in this way need to be stopped, and especially when it happens in the workplace.
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