A third of UK firms using ‘bossware’ to monitor workers’ activity, survey reveals

Research suggests increase in office snooping in trend that some managers claim undermines trust with staff

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A third of UK employers are using “bossware” technology to track workers’ activity with the most common methods including monitoring emails and web browsing.

Private companies are most likely to deploy in-work surveillance and one in seven employers are recording or reviewing screen activity, according to a UK-wide survey that estimates the extent of office snooping.