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Clark Howard's Tips

March 6, 2006

A new report from the American Management Association found that 90 percent of companies are spying on you at work. Three-quarters of them now log every Web site that you visit.

What if you're at work and you're checking out travel Web sites or, worse yet, visiting poker or porn sites. Visiting these can get you fired in a huge hurry.

Also, you are not protected if you use Yahoo or Hotmail. Employers can track every e-mail you read and send. And it's completely legal. You are using their computer and their Internet connection. Blackberry devices are also fair game.

So what about your phone communications? Half of employers are listening to your phone conversations and one in five is taping all calls at work.

So just know that many of your privacy rights go away when you enter your workplace and use company property.

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