Google, Meta and Microsoft are getting worker data from sneaky bossware tools, report says
A recent study from Northeastern University reveals that employee monitoring software is increasingly being used in both remote and office settings. The research highlights that data collected through these tools is often shared with major tech companies like Google, Facebook, and Microsoft. This raises significant concerns about the privacy protections available to workers in their workplaces.
- ▪Employee monitoring software is becoming normalized in office environments as well as remote work settings.
- ▪The Northeastern University study indicates that data collected by these tools is shared with third parties, including major tech companies.
- ▪The study's co-author emphasizes the lack of privacy protection for workers regarding data collection and sharing.
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The remote work era made employee monitoring software easier to justify. What began as a way to watch people working from home is now being normalized on office floors, too. Right on cue, a new Northeastern University study suggests the data collected through these tools is also being shared with major third parties, including Google, Facebook, and Microsoft. David Choffnes, a professor at Northeastern’s Khoury College of Computer Sciences and one of the study’s co-authors, said the research shows how little privacy protection workers have in the workplace. He also noted that the issue is not just data collection by employers, but the fact that this data is being shared outside the company.
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