{"id":290,"date":"2020-11-27T04:31:18","date_gmt":"2020-11-27T04:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jubytech.com\/jubynews\/?p=290"},"modified":"2020-11-27T04:31:19","modified_gmt":"2020-11-27T04:31:19","slug":"microsofts-productivity-score-privacy-experts-raise-red-flags-and-called-it-workplace-surveillance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.jubytech.com\/index.php\/2020\/11\/27\/microsofts-productivity-score-privacy-experts-raise-red-flags-and-called-it-workplace-surveillance\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft&#8217;s &#8216;Productivity Score: Privacy experts raise red flags and called it &#8220;workplace surveillance."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Microsoft this month launched an analytics tool for employers called &#8220;Productivity Score.&#8221;<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>The tool collects detailed data about how employees are using Microsoft&#8217;s tools, including how much they use email and whether they turn their camera on during meetings.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Privacy experts have voiced concerns that the Microsoft tool is a serious invasion of privacy, as employers are able to view employees&#8217; activity individually.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Data privacy researcher Wolfie Christl said it &#8220;turns Microsoft 365 into an full-fledged workplace surveillance tool.&#8221;<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft this month launched an analytics tool for employers called &#8220;Productivity Score.&#8221; The tool collects<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tech-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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