Companies spying on employees.

• Author: Swartz, Nikki
• Position: UP FRONT: News, Trends & Analysis - Brief article

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When using their company computers, employees would do well to remember that they're not alone.

Seventy-six percent of companies monitor employee Internet use, while 36 percent track content that employees send and receive, says a 2005 survey of 526 companies by the American Management Association and the ePolicy Institute. In addition, 55 percent of employers retain and...