Comments on: Spying On Staff

By: 2010 A Partial Review

2010 A Partial Review — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 16:01:45 +0000

[...] start of my 3 part series of whether to spy on your staff or [...]

By: Spying On Staff 3 – How

Spying On Staff 3 – How — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:16:49 +0000

[...] in part 1 I put forth my case for ’spying’ and in part 2 I expounded the benefits that employers, [...]

By: Spying on Staff 2 – Benefits

Spying on Staff 2 – Benefits — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:52:57 +0000

[...] in part one of this mini-epic I responded to a comment author on another blog. In it, I addressed the, as I see [...]

By: Stuart

Stuart — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 23:16:18 +0000

Ken thanks for the comment even though it's a blatant advert :)

Let me ask you a question or two if I may? Most companies such as yours advertise your tools as "spying" tools and I see that as a way too emotive word. That being the case why do you think companies such as yours brand it as such?

Secondly, the other thing that springs to mind is the question of "the tools don't work anyway" – how would you respond to that? If you prefer, drop me an email and we'll turn it into a Q&A as I don't mind helping companies out – and I've never heard of yours.

By: KenS

KenS — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:07:29 +0000

Use something like our office productivity tool, The Office Software (theOS) or our home/family software PC Pandora. Either way, if you own a computer that someone else uses -- even in a church -- you have the right and the responsibility to know how that machine is used. if the users complain about "privacy" tell them 2 things: 1) there is no privacy on the Internet, so stop right there, but also 2) this is MY machine and I need to know how it is used. you want privacy – stay home and lock your doors and close the blinds. heh he http://www.pcpandora.com http://www.theofficesoftware.com

By: Stuart

Stuart — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:33:30 +0000

It's a valid idea but not one that bears a great deal of scrutiny. Why? Well it's the same argument being put forward by the current UK government to bring in swinging changes in personal freedoms and liberty.

The sentiment is accurate though. If one is simply doing their work then they have no reason to wrry about what is implemented so long as it isn't intrusive and the monitoring policy is well documented beforehand.

The main point is that the equipment doesn't belong to the employee and there is no expectation of privacy .. or is there?

By: Owen

Owen — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:02:43 +0000

All very good and interesting ideas that have been put forward. Another thing I would add, is that some people within the church may become offended that there is a monitoring policy being implemented. But in light of the statistics posted above, I would respond to that person, "if you're not doing anything wrong then there's no reason to worry" :)