The Lawyer’s View
Read our opinion on the legal aspect of monitoring software
Can I Spy On My Child’s Phone?
Worried about your teenager? Who are they hanging out with? What are they doing after school? Is my child being bullied? Is my child into drugs? These are all valid – and common – concerns of a parent. You probably bought your teen a phone – a cute iPhone or a techie...
Monitoring Employees Smartphone GPS Locations With FlexiSPY
There are lots of GPS tracking devices out on the market. As an employer, you can install one on a company car, no problem. Install it on an employee’s ID badge, yep. Install one on an employee’s personal car . . . yes. And under certain circumstances you can...
Scammed by Spyphone Software? Here’s What To Do
At Flexispy, we are always trying to get consumers the best value for their money. As part of achieving that goal, we actually buy and test all Spyphone software on the market. That way, we can tell customers what they can expect when they purchase any brand of...
GPS Tracking – How Far Can the Employer Go?
There are many reasons an employer may want to use GPS location tracking technology to monitor the whereabouts of its employees. These are some examples of where GPS tracking might provide some degree of help in the workplace: You suspect an employee of misusing...
Keyloggers In The Workplace – Is It Legal And Should it be Mandatory?
The use of Keyloggers by employers is becoming commonplace. As an employer, you should be asking, what is a Keylogger? Is it legal to monitor my workforce, and, should I be monitoring my employees? A Keylogger is a computer program designed to record every action on a...
How to Comply With Business Call Monitoring And Recording Regulations In The UK
Technology now makes it possible for employers to keep track of virtually all workplace communications by any employee, on the phone and in cyberspace, whether at their desk, on their mobile, or even outside the office. Many employers take advantage of these tracking...
Accessing Your Employee’s Personal Accounts – A Survey of US Law
Every employer understands that there is sometimes a need to do some investigative work. You might be checking out a new hire, or be suspicious of one of your employees who is entrusted with confidential or sensitive information. Employers should be monitoring the use...
Eavesdropping in the UK – Is it Legal to Spy on Calls?
In the United Kingdom, spying on phone calls has come to the forefront of the privacy debate. First, there was RupertGate or MurdochGate in which reporters from News of the World were criminally prosecuted and brought before Parliament and numerous governmental bodies...
How To Legally Get Your Employees Facebook And Social Media Passwords
Facebook has become an almost universally accepted social network. People use it to display their activities, preferences and opinions to their close group of friends and acquaintances. Employers frequently want to do background checks of their employees and job...
Recording and Monitoring Employee Calls in the US
As an employer, you might have several reasons to listen in or record your employee’s telephone calls. As telephones have become mobile, in addition to your regular land-line phones, your staff might be using mobile phones and smart phones, whether company-issued or...
Are you Going to Bug Your Workplace?
This is the first in a series of posts about using spy technology at the workplace. We’re going to look at this both from the employer’s perspective and from the employee’s perspective. Spying raises many legal issues, particularly employee monitoring. Employers...