Percentage
of major U.S. employers that record and review their
workers' activities
| SURVEILLANCE
ACTIVITY |
1997
|
1998
|
1999
|
2000
|
2001
|
| Storing
and reviewing computer files |
13.7
|
19.6
|
21.4
|
30.8
|
36.1
|
| Storing
and reviewing e-mail |
14.9
|
20.2
|
27.0
|
38.1
|
46.5
|
| Monitoring
Internet connections |
NA1
|
NA1
|
NA1
|
54.1
|
62.8
|
| Clocking
overall computer use |
16.1
|
15.9
|
15.2
|
19.4
|
18.9
|
1.
NOT AVAILABLE
(Technology
Review, April 2003) 77.7%
of major U.S. corporations electronically monitored
their employees by checking their e-mail, Internet,
phone calls, computer files, or by videotaping them
at work.
(American Management Association
survey, 2001)
30
to 40% of Internet use in the workplace is not related
to business.
(IDC Research)
37%
of workers say they surf the Web constantly at work.
(Vault.com)
70%
of all Internet porn traffic occurs during the nine-to-five
work day.
(SexTracker)
"By
2023 large organizations will be able to devote the
equivalent of a contemporary pc to monitoring every
single one of the 330 million people who will be living
in the united states."
(Technology
Review, April 2003)
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