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Is surveillance the price you pay to work from home?

Is surveillance the price you pay to work from home?

Update: 2025-09-03
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This week on The Fin, workplace correspondent David Marin-Guzman discusses the test case of a compliance company that has been spying on its staff, what it means for work from home and how AI will affect the future of surveillance.

This podcast is sponsored by CMC Markets

Further reading:
Company turned laptops into covert recording devices to monitor WFH
Safetrac says it needed to track work-from-home staff for underperformance, but some employees say the surveillance went too far and police are now investigating.
WFH surveillance case is a wake-up call
The Safetrac case shines a spotlight on the issue of employee surveillance versus the right to personal privacy when staff work from home.
Safetrac surveillance installed without staff agreement: HR manager
The firm, which turned staff laptops into covert listening devices, should have updated its surveillance policy beforehand, its own people manager told WorkCover.

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Is surveillance the price you pay to work from home?

Is surveillance the price you pay to work from home?

Australian Financial Review