“You’re looking at your machine most of the day, and it’s completely natural to check, you know, your personal email or something like that,” she said. “And so, at any moment, you can have something potentially very private, exposed to your employer.”Use a separate, personal laptop and phone for any personal activities or communications at home, instead of using a company-issued device.
Also, find a private space at home where your work-issued devices cannot see or hear what your family is doing, in case any recording software is installed. After her experience with tracking software, Garcia also recommends demanding “accountability and transparency from your employer so that you know exactly what is going on in your own home.”
Experts also point out that if you use a work-issued exercise tracker like a Fitbit, personal biometric data such as weight, heart rate or body temperature could potentially be tracked and stored by your company. So, keep this in mind before using these kinds of devices. Some employees also use anti-surveillance software to outsmart tracking programs on work-issued devices, according to a 2021 study by
It is the same tracking that happens in the office.... just because you are ho,e does not entitled use to misuse company issued equipment....
If you WFH, you should have two separate devices, so you can keep your personal activity, personal.