Batnag: Can employers spy on their employees?
SunStar + January 29, 2021 IN 2018, the National Privacy Commission (NPC) was asked if employers could conduct “secret surveillance” on their employees as they work in the office. Can employers install monitoring software that records keystrokes and takes random snapshots of the computer screen, or is this prohibited by the Data Privacy Act of 2012 (DPA)? The short answer is, it depends, but it’s generally frowned upon. Here’s the long answer: “Monitoring employee activities when he or she is using an office-issued computer may be allowable under the DPA, provided the p...