{"id":20073,"date":"2025-09-14T08:37:19","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T06:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/14\/a-third-of-uk-firms-using-bossware-to-monitor-workers-activity-survey-reveals\/"},"modified":"2025-09-14T08:37:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T06:37:19","slug":"a-third-of-uk-firms-using-bossware-to-monitor-workers-activity-survey-reveals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/14\/a-third-of-uk-firms-using-bossware-to-monitor-workers-activity-survey-reveals\/","title":{"rendered":"A third of UK firms using \u2018bossware\u2019 to monitor workers\u2019 activity, survey reveals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Research suggests increase in office snooping in trend that some managers claim undermines trust with staff<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2025\/sep\/14\/australian-workers-commonwealth-bank-data-being-gathered-by-employers-ittle-privacy-protection?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other\">How employers are gathering Australian workers\u2019 data<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2025\/sep\/05\/share-your-experience-of-tech-surveillance-at-work-in-the-uk\">Share your experience of tech surveillance at work in the UK<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A third of UK employers are using \u201cbossware\u201d technology to track workers\u2019 activity with the most common methods including monitoring emails and web browsing.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/sep\/14\/uk-firms-bossware-monitor-workers-activity\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/6869ffc2864cc727df57470a83e48dfcda611c0f\/644_0_4202_3360\/master\/4202.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=d2a7a6b5c133e87404e8c8e484ef4fc0\" title=\"A third of UK firms using \u2018bossware\u2019 to monitor workers\u2019 activity, survey reveals\" \/>Research suggests increase in office snooping in trend that some managers claim undermines trust with staff<\/p>\n<p>How employers are gathering Australian workers\u2019 data<br \/>\nShare your experience of tech surveillance at work in the UK<\/p>\n<p>A third of UK employers are using \u201cbossware\u201d technology to track workers\u2019 activity with the most common methods including monitoring emails and web browsing.<br \/>\nPrivate 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. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research suggests increase in office snooping in trend that some managers claim undermines trust with staff How employers are gathering Australian workers\u2019 data Share your experience of tech surveillance at work in the UK A third of UK employers are using \u201cbossware\u201d technology to track workers\u2019 activity with the most common methods including monitoring emails &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/14\/a-third-of-uk-firms-using-bossware-to-monitor-workers-activity-survey-reveals\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A third of UK firms using \u2018bossware\u2019 to monitor workers\u2019 activity, survey reveals<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":20074,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20073"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}