Gurgaon, Jan. 28 -- In the lead-up to Data Privacy Day, celebrated annually on January 28, it is important to address the balance that needs to be struck between protecting data privacy while conducting employee monitoring to ensure ethical compliance and yet also reasonable alignment with organisational goals.

In today's digital era, data generation is an intrinsic part of the everyday work environment. Employees actively contribute to this data ecosystem through their use of emails, company devices and where relevant and required, their biometric information.

Knowing When to Monitor and How Much

Although not novel, or recent, employee monitoring has understandably evolved with technology, shifting from rudimentary, mainly manual chec...