Digital Supervision in the Workplace

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With salaried employment and the presence of an entire workforce in the same premises and at the same time, supervision is considered as increasingly “necessary.” Technology has naturally become established in the world of workplace supervision, developing through different stages. In the past, the task was entrusted to security guards, foremen and supervisors. Next came first-generation automation, particularly with the introduction of badges. The third phase brought in video recordings, with image and sound capture. More recently, cyber-supervision was frequently used before being superseded by biometric techniques. With today’s possibilities for installing work supervision systems without the knowledge of those being supervised, they have become increasingly prevalent. The French data protection authority (CNIL) is responsible for enforcing observance of the terms and the spirit of the French data protection act (LIL). However, it is up to each one of us to be vigilant and to make sure, individually, that the digital traces we leave behind us are properly used and are not waiting patiently in some obscure archive for the day when...