WFH with privacy? 85% of Brit bosses snoop on staff

A survey-driven article reports that 85% of 1,000 UK workplaces use employee monitoring, ranging from tracking active hours (54%), website/app use (over a third), display monitoring (27%), keystroke logging (15%), and location tracking (20%), with nearly half of employees reporting anxiety and 51% saying they would quit over surveillance. It notes the UK legal context under the Data Protection Act 2018 and ICO guidance, highlights employer claims of productivity gains versus risks of over-surveillance, and describes broader in-office tracking via technologies like Cisco Spaces, alongside past controversies around Microsoft productivity features and corporate pushbacks such as Boeing’s sensor rollback.