Privacy faces risks in tech-infused post-Covid workplace

A report last year by the consumer activist group Public Citizen identified at least 50 apps and technologies released during the pandemic ‘marketed as workplace surveillance tools to combat Covid-19’. — AFP Relaxnews

WASHINGTON: People returning to work following the long pandemic will find an array of tech-infused gadgetry to improve workplace safety but which could pose risks for long-term personal and medical privacy.

Temperature checks, distance monitors, digital “passports”, wellness surveys and robotic cleaning and disinfection systems are being deployed in many workplaces seeking to reopen.