Snooping on staff social media use on rise.

• Position: PRIVACY - Brief article

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Gartner's recently published "Business Gets Social" report projects that by 2015, 60% of organizations will be watching their workers' social media use for security breaches--compared to less than 10% who do so today.

New technologies and services have made it easier for organizations to monitor this activity, but there's increasing concern about the ethics of doing so and the potential for it to infringe on employee privacy.

As Gartner acknowledged in its report, "There are ... times when accessing the information can generate...