The author draws upon Privacy and Freedom (Westin, Athenaeum, 1967) to identify three surveillance techniques: observation, extraction and reproduction, and to discuss the propriety of each as a detection, control…

The author notes a lack of legislation and common law for new forms of employee surveillance and monitoring, and proposes criteria for their use.

The authors describe the usefulness of electronic surveillance, the judicial endorsement of its use (except where in violation of the ECPA), the constraint of “unreasonable search and seizure” for public…