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    International experts have quashed claims from a local filtering software company that “75 percent of employees give the thumbs up to email monitoring”, saying its interpretation of a US survey is “slanted”.

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    There's no shortage of tools to monitor and filter employees' use of the Internet and IT resources. But can blocking really save money?

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    You may be spending generously to get closer to your customers, but can you guarantee their privacy? To a legal certainty? If these questions make you nervous, join the stampede: December 21, the date new national privacy laws kick into effect, is a whole lot closer than you think.

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