As quoted by Lewis Maltby in the same Wall Street Journal article “Yes, employers have the legal right to monitor employee conduct on their work computers. But the only time employers have a legal obligation to monitor employee communications is when the employer has reason to believe the employee is engaged in unlawful conduct.” Employers should stay away from using this information because most of the time what employees do on the Internet has nothing to do with work, it happens during their private lives and is done on their personal computers. In today's society, employers are harmed because an employee's private behavior may go against his or her personal values. Many people have lost their jobs because of their political opinions and religious beliefs. A bikini photo of women on holiday cost them their jobs. Refusing to hire people because of private behavior unrelated to work is not only unfair, but it harms the employer. When HR rejects the best candidate because they disapprove of the person's private life, the employer loses,
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