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A surprisingly high number of home workers are being subjected to webcam surveillance
A third of workers (32%) say that they are being monitored when working remotely, up by a third compared to just six months ago (24%), new research has found.
A new survey from the Prospect trade union says that bosses frequently use webcams in people’s homes to keep track of their remote working employees, with 13% of home workers currently being tracked by a web camera, up by more than 100% since April (5%).
Unsurprisingly, employees are not big fans of the practice, with the study finding four in five (80%) believe something should be done about it - whether that's a complete ban (52%), or heavily regulated (28%). Just 8% of workers think their bosses have every right to plug into a web camera whenever they want and see what their remote working employees are up to.Â
Calls for bans and tighter regulation
The survey found that bosses seem particularly interested in keeping tabs on younger workers, with those aged 18 - 34 experiencing a “significantly higher†rate of monitoring compared to their older colleagues.Â
Overall, almost half (48%) of younger workers said they were being monitored at work, and a fifth (20%) said they were being monitored with cameras.Â
Prospect says its members are concerned these intrusive monitoring practices are affecting workers in sectors with higher levels of remote working, larger proportions of younger workers, and low levels of trade union membership, such as the tech sector. It has called for a “range of measures†to protect employees, from tougher regulation, to making sure employees are always consulted, to the necessity of full transparency on how the tech is used.
The union has also called for the government to ban using cameras in people’s homes, unless there is a conference call or a video meeting.
At the same time, the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) - the country’s data watchdog, was said to have been reviewing guidance to employers on how to use new technologies - monitoring included.
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Read MoreUK shoppers will soon no longer be able to use their Visa-issued credit cards to pay for purchases on Amazon.
The ecommerce giant has said it will stop accepting Visa credit cards within the next few months as it looks to push back against the apparently high fees the company charges for transactions.
"As a result of Visa's continued high cost of payments, we regret that Amazon.co.uk will no longer accept UK-issued Visa credit cards as of 19 January, 2022," Amazon said in a statement.
Amazon UK Visa credit cards
Although credit cards will no longer be accepted, UK customers will still be able to use their Visa debit cards to make purchases on Amazon. Credit cards from other providers such as Mastercard and American Express are also unaffected, Amazon confirmed.
"The cost of accepting card payments continues to be an obstacle for businesses striving to provide the best prices for customers. These costs should be going down over time with technological advancements, but instead they continue to stay high or even rise," Amazon's statement added.
"With the rapidly changing payments landscape around the world, we will continue innovating on behalf of customers to add and promote faster, cheaper, and more inclusive payment options to our stores across the globe."
In its own statement, Visa criticized Amazon for "threatening to restrict consumer choice" in the future. "When consumer choice is limited, nobody wins," the firm added.
Visa said it was looking to work with Amazon on a deal to allow customers to keep using its credit cards, but could not confirm when it hoped to come to a conclusion by.
The news, first reported by Bloomberg, is the latest salvo in an ongoing dispute between Visa and Amazon which has been bubbling away for some time now, with Amazon imposing charges on Visa customers in some countries within the last few months.
This includes a 0.5% surcharge on Visa credit card purchases on its Singapore website back in September 2021, which was followed shortly by similar surcharges on Visa transactions in Australia.
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