Workers' relationships with employers. Stakeholders noted that digital surveillance by employers may create a sense of distrust among workers, making them feel like they are constantly being watched, and leading to a decline in worker productivity and morale.
Constant monitoring, even in the workplace, can translate to normal life activities; citizens may feel uneasy due to the surveillance that is being done on them without them knowing.
Stakeholders most frequently mentioned that the digital surveillance tools employers use include cameras and microphones, computer monitoring software, geolocation, tracking applications, and devices worn by workers.
These same surveillance tools are used in a government context as well, for example, facial recognition, and also geolocation.
In 2023, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy asked for public comments on employers' use of digital surveillance to monitor workers' activities.
Shows how the U.S. government is looking at surveillance activities, and also how the U.S. government is looking at data collection through many different viewpoints.
Stakeholders commented that they were unaware of how employers used workers' data, and expressed concern that these tools can monitor workers digital information while they are at home through their personal devices or social media activity.
Relates to my question by showing how employers' use of technology to monitor employees leaves employees with a feeling of uneasiness due to privacy concerns.
House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) regarding the use of automated digital surveillance tools to monitor workers and the effects of that surveillance on workers.
This relates to my topic in that it reports on how surveillance technologies are being utilized and how they are employed in workplaces, specifically.