In an op-ed for The Times (£), Susannah Copson, legal and policy officer at Big Brother Watch, claims that the Labour government is backtracking on its big policy pledge to prevent excessive monitoring of employees by their employers less than 100 days in power. The rise in workplace surveillance, driven by a desire to maximise efficiency, risks compromising employees' well-being and privacy. Copson highlighted the need for Labour to uphold its commitment to regulate workplace surveillance in the face of increasing digitalisation.
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