Microsoft has attracted the attention of privacy campaigners over the
Productivity Score feature of Microsoft 365. The tool uses telemetry to
enable employers to track the activities and performance of workers. The
analytics tool has been criticized for being a serious invasion of
privacy, as it gives employers the ability to closely monitor
individuals. One data privacy researcher describes it as “turn[ing]
Microsoft 365 into a full-fledged workplace surveillance tool”.
Productivity Score assigns a score out of 800 to employees, and reports
details such as how much time has been spent using different tools such
as Word, Microsoft Teams or… [Continue Reading]
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