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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Clea Skopeliti

One in five UK adults believe they have been monitored by an employer

People work in an office with computers and tablets.
The most common practice was tracking timekeeping and access, followed by monitoring emails, files, calls or messages. Photograph: JGI/Tom Grill/Getty Images/Tetra images RF

One in five UK adults believe they have been monitored by an employer, a poll has found, as the Information Commissioner’s Office called for bosses to respect staff’s right to privacy if they wish to keep tabs on them at work.

The survey, commissioned by the ICO, comes against a backdrop of unions pointing out that workplace surveillance increased during the pandemic.

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