Families
Computer monitoring: the practices and the laws
The 8 practice classes in the computer family, with the locations where a provision held here attaches to each.
- Keystroke logging: Records what is typed. It cannot tell work from private typing, and some regulators treat typing rhythm as behavioural biometric data. 29 locations
- Screenshots or screen recording: Captures the screen, and with it whatever else is open: personal messages, health portals, union email. 29 locations
- Productivity or activity scoring: Turns activity into a figure per person, which is then used to evaluate them: the evaluation is what several laws key on. 29 locations
- Idle-time tracking: Logs whether a person is active at their device, minute by minute. 29 locations
- Email and messaging review: Reads what messages say, not only who sent them. Most guidance asks for traffic data first and content only exceptionally. 29 locations
- DLP and email content filtering: Scans outgoing messages and files against rules; false positives expose legitimate and personal messages. 29 locations
- Website or email blocking: Stops a site or an email getting through. New South Wales asks for a notified policy and a prevented delivery notice. 29 locations
- Web and app usage logging: Logs sites and applications with times. Usually traffic data rather than content, which most guidance prefers. 29 locations