Security News > 2021 > June > Many companies believe it is important to protect employee privacy, yet few are effective in doing so

According to the findings, 63% of respondents say it is important or very important to protect employee privacy in the workforce, but only 34% of organizations are effective or very effective in doing so.

The research also found that most organizations have a difficult time balancing workforce privacy with the growing perceptions around the need to monitor employee engagement and internal risk, given the shift to remote work.

At the same time, 53% of companies believe their employees expect their personal behaviors and activities will remain private, but 47% anonymize the employee data they collect while monitoring for security risk and operational performance.

To mitigate risk without affecting employee trust, organizations should be mindful of collecting data anonymously and minimize the amount of data being collected.

The workforce privacy gap Despite the fact that 58% of organizations minimize the amount of data collected about employees, 49% provide transparency about what information is collected about employees onsite and in remote locations.

Only thirty-five percent of organizations enable their employees to express any concerns about the protection of their privacy in remote locations, and.

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