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TCS Employee Surveillance tool raises Data Privacy Concerns

Cybersecurity Insiders · · International · Surveillance & Civil Liberties

Tata Consultancy Services has deployed an employee surveillance tool that is drawing scrutiny over data privacy risks. The tool's scope and the data it collects from workers have prompted concern among privacy observers.

Why this matters: When a company monitors its employees, the people with the least power in that relationship are the ones being watched. Workers rarely get a real choice. They accept the terms or they lose the job. That is not meaningful consent. The question here is what exactly TCS is collecting, how it is stored, who can see it, and whether employees even know the full picture. Large employers setting aggressive surveillance norms push those norms across entire industries.

Who should care: Privacy officers · Cybersecurity · General readers · Policy

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