After reading through Chapter 16, I came across the Competing Through Technology article called “How Much Computer Privacy Do Employees Have?” This was a very interesting article to read. It talks about how employers and companies are able to obtain any information employees access or post on company computers. It also says that given to recent developments, companies can access information and other things even when employees use their own computer, accessing private sites , using their own personal email accounts. An example in this article is a case between a Houston restaurant and two employees. The two employees made a Myspace site devoted to their workplace where employees could vent about things that bothered them. The employees who created the site made sexual jokes and posted negative comments and were later fired. The employees tried to fight it but you can’t post something on the Internet and claim breach of privacy when someone sees it.
This was an interesting article to read because things people post on the Internet can affect one getting into a certain school or getting into a certain job. There have been instances where employers and schools will look at something like Facebook to see who you are and look at pictures and other things. People need to be careful about what they post on the Internet because certain pictures or posts that schools or employers see can prevent that getting into school or getting a certain job.
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