The study addresses the increasingly pervasive tools used to monitor employees, such as keystroke logging, geolocational tracking, and video surveillance. While traditional legal analyses often focus on the impact of these tools on an employee’s informational privacy, Noorda and Hariharan argue that the issue is far more complex. Their article presents two major concerns that extend beyond the realm of informational privacy. First, they contend that monitoring also intrudes upon the physical and spatial aspects of privacy. Second, in extreme cases, the severity of monitoring can lead to a significant curtailment of individual liberty, potentially amounting to a form of imprisonment. The article discusses the significant legal ramifications of these arguments and addresses counterpoints, particularly concerning employee consent and the historical constraints of workplace freedom.

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