Some things I can agree with you on, but if I'm the employer, its my
computer, my time, and I've told you the rules. It's life, live with it.
>Common hiring practices, from covertly obtaining a candidate’s credit
> report, DMV records and medical history to conducting IQ and personality
> tests
You can check your Credit report and see if anyone has requested a report on
you. When anyone request a report they must have signed release to get it.
Like for work, insurance , credit etc. If you find your employer has done a
credit check you should take action on it. This is a serious crime under
the FCRA.
DMV records are required by my insurance if you are going to drive one of
the Co cars. the insurance will get that and maybe a med history also.
>continual access to their employees’ purchasing habits
Every time you go into a store and let them scam your "Super Discount More
savings" card you are letting the world keep track of your purchasing
habits.
We sure don't need Congressional action an anything else. How much spying
are they doing on us?


"Frederick S. Lane III" <fsl3@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:WDyQa.465$KZ.199394@news1.news.adelphia.net.. .
> Hello --
>
> I'm writing to let you know that my second book has been released. "The
> Naked Employee: How Technology Is Compromising Workplace Privacy"
> (Amacom 2003) is a detailed discussion of the numerous, sometimes
> disturbing surveillance technologies in use in the American workplace.
> The book concludes with a strong call for Congressional passage of basic
> workplace privacy legislation. Additional information is contained in
> the press release at the end of this message.
>
> The idea for "The Naked Employee" grew out of research for my first
> book, "Obscene Profits: The Entrepreneurs of Pornography in the Cyber
> Age" (Routledge 2000). Pornography in the workplace has become a serious
> problem for employers and is one of the primary reasons for the
> development and installation of computer surveillance software.
>
> Among the topics covered in "The Naked Employee" are:
>
> * software to monitor keystrokes, e-mail, and Web surfing;
> * video cameras (both visible and hidden);
> * infrared badges to track employees and equipment;
> * GPS units to track employee movements on the road;
> * drug tests;
> * magstripe and smart cards;
> * bathroom equipment that electronically monitors employee hygiene
> practices; and many more.
>
> In addition, "The Naked Employee" looks at a number of technologies that
> may be used to track or evaluate employees in the near future:
>
> * biometric technologies such as iris or retinal scans;
> * implanted radio-frequency identification chips; and
> * DNA analysis for both medical or identification purposes.
>
> I hope that you will consider purchasing "The Naked Employee" at your
> local bookstore, or at one of the following on-line locations:
>
> Borders & Amazon.com:
>
>
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...055853301/sr=8
-2/ref=sr_8_2/104-7380646-4827923?v=glance&s=books&n=507846
>
> Amacom - http://www.amanet.org/books/catalog/0814471498.htm
>
> Barnes & Noble -
>
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/boo...erid=2V3PL0JUD
G&isbn=0814471498&itm=3
>
> If you feel the book warrants it, please post a positive review to your
> favorite on-line site (particularly Amazon). Such reviews make a
> tremendous difference in the ranking and listing of books on-line.
>
> Set out below is the press release written by Amacom to announce the
> publication of the book. Please let me know if you have any questions or
> would like additional information. I would very much appreciate it if
> you would also forward this e-mail to anyone you think might be
interested.
>
> Regards,
>
> Frederick Lane
> Author, expert witness, and lecturer on the impact of technology on
society.
>
> ================
>
> Corporate America Is Watching
> An Eye-Opening Look at When, Where and How
>
> With the Constitution firmly embedded in our national consciousness,
> most Americans cannot imagine being systematically denied its protective
> principles on our own soil. Yet, each day, tens of millions of us spend
> hours in offices, cubicles, factories, health care facilities, and even
> home-based workstations where employers disregard our right to privacy.
> While certain security measures may be justified to protect a company
> from theft, sabotage, lawsuits, and the threat of terrorism, the state
> of employee investigation and surveillance in the United States would
> shock even Orwell.
>
> When is a company’s prying and spying unreasonable, unconscionable or
> illegal? How can an employee know when he/she is being secretly probed,
> tracked, and scrutinized? What can a worker do to safeguard his/her
> dignity on the job? A former attorney and recognized expert on the
> impact of technology on society, Frederick S. Lane III takes on such
> timely and vital questions in THE NAKED EMPLOYEE: How Technology Is
> Compromising Workplace Privacy (AMACOM).
>
> By itself, the issue of workplace privacy is worth examining for what it
> says about the economic and social structure of this nation, Lane
> asserts. But in light of the growing collaboration and data exchange
> between government and business, workplace surveillance now has the
> potential to play an important role in undermining our most fundamental
> freedoms.
>
> THE NAKED EMPLOYEE looks at a wide variety of current and looming,
> sophisticated, investigative tools and surveillance techniques embraced
> by employers in sectors from finance to food. Backed by statistics and
> outrageous but true examples, Lane reveals how companies are able to
> amass vast quantities and questionable kinds of information about the
> people who work for them, while monitoring their every move on-site,
> on-line, on the road, and after hours.
>
> Among the many astounding innovations and unsettling topics explored:
>
> * Common hiring practices, from covertly obtaining a candidate’s credit
> report, DMV records and medical history to conducting IQ and personality
> tests
>
> * Hot trends in infrared and security card IDs, along with smart
> uniforms clothing capable of revealing not only an employee’s
> whereabouts but also the condition of his health and emotions
>
> * State-of-the-art advances in GPS tracking of company vehicles and
> equipment, as well as cutting-edge cell phones granting employers
> continual access to their employees’ purchasing habits and leisure-time
> activities
>
> * The cheapest and most popular forms of employee drug testing,
> including kits that routinely mistake ibuprofen (the stuff of Advil) as
> marijuana usage
>
> * Shocking evidence of secret medical and genetic testing on urine,
> saliva and blood samples demanded from employees, in order to reduce
> health and liability insurance costs for the company
>
> Throughout, THE NAKED EMPLOYEE ponders the social, legal and moral
> implications and the pervasive impact of such invasive extremes. Lane
> culminates with a roundup of recent Congressional efforts to crack down
> on insidious corporate tactics from hidden electronic monitoring to
> discrimination on the basis of health most of which failed to pass. He
> leaves readers with his proposed Bill of Employee Privacy Rights…and a
> lot to think about while looking over their shoulders.
>