{"id":25528,"date":"2026-10-19T14:37:27","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T12:37:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/19\/calls-to-strengthen-workplace-privacy-in-australia-as-employers-turn-to-ai-to-track-staff\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T14:37:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T12:37:27","slug":"calls-to-strengthen-workplace-privacy-in-australia-as-employers-turn-to-ai-to-track-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/19\/calls-to-strengthen-workplace-privacy-in-australia-as-employers-turn-to-ai-to-track-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Calls to strengthen workplace privacy in Australia as employers turn to AI to track staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Monitoring tools common in a range of workplaces, including factories, office jobs, delivery work and in retail \u2013 often without employees being informed<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Get our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl\">breaking news email<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/app.adjust.com\/w4u7jx3\">free app<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/series\/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl\">daily news podcast<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Employers are increasingly using technology, from CCTV to keystroke monitoring, to track workers\u2019 moves and it is being accelerated by the use of AI, the Human Technology Institute has warned.<\/p>\n<p>Examples provided to Guardian Australia by the institute include a fast-food restaurant using surveillance cameras to stop workers using their phones, and AI tracking leading to a cashier warned over making a mistake once every 533 scans.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/oct\/20\/workplace-privacy-concerns-employers-use-ai-to-monitor-staff\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/c2972d767784a668b4664e394a234487682599ea\/497_0_5200_4160\/master\/5200.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=e61c50558629b38b8338b4760dbec44c\" title=\"Calls to strengthen workplace privacy in Australia as employers turn to AI to track staff\" \/>Monitoring tools common in a range of workplaces, including factories, office jobs, delivery work and in retail \u2013 often without employees being informed<br \/>\nGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast<br \/>\nEmployers are increasingly using technology, from CCTV to keystroke monitoring, to track workers\u2019 moves and it is being accelerated by the use of AI, the Human Technology Institute has warned.<br \/>\nExamples provided to Guardian Australia by the institute include a fast-food restaurant using surveillance cameras to stop workers using their phones, and AI tracking leading to a cashier warned over making a mistake once every 533 scans. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monitoring tools common in a range of workplaces, including factories, office jobs, delivery work and in retail \u2013 often without employees being informed Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Employers are increasingly using technology, from CCTV to keystroke monitoring, to track workers\u2019 moves and it is being accelerated by the &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/19\/calls-to-strengthen-workplace-privacy-in-australia-as-employers-turn-to-ai-to-track-staff\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Calls to strengthen workplace privacy in Australia as employers turn to AI to track staff<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":25529,"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\/25528"}],"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=25528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25528\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}