INTERNET SEARCHES FOR VETTING, INVESTIGATIONS, AND INTELLIGENCE
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ACCOUNTABILITY FOR EMPLOYEES
Automation of the workplace and widespread changes in social norms
for computer use have dramatically changed the landscape in ways that
enterprises may not have considered. Habits acquired in personal com-
puter use may invade the business, and business topics are being included
in off-hours blogging, social networking, and a variety of other Internet
activities both desirable and undesirable from the employer’s standpoint.
In most workplaces, it is easy to acquire digital goods, including designs,
customer lists, marketing plans, information on employees, and other
trade secrets. Espionage cases over the past twenty years in both govern- ...