2000.01.06 ABC

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ABC Evening News for January 6, 2000

2000.01.06 A CLOSER LOOK (PRIVACY IN THE WORK PLACE)
5:43:10-5:48:30 . . . . . Thursday . . . . . ABC

(Studio: Peter Jennings) The issue of Internet privacy introduced.

(Rochester, NY: Jack Smith) The growing epidemic of workplace Internet abuse, company monitoring & privacy examined; details given of employers' use of software to examine where employees go on the Internet. [Xerox Michael GERDES - talks about the companies' monitoring of employees.] [ACLU Lewis MALTBY - questions employers' monitoring.] [Disguised fired WORKER - says "big brother" is watching.]

(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.

(Los Angeles: Judy Muller) Employers' access to employees' medical records through insurance companies examined; details given of a University of Illinois survey of big companies' use of medical records. [Pharmacist Kim OCKRIM - says employers can get prescription drug information.] [Carnegie- Mellon University professor Latanya SWEENEY - comments on use of worker's medical records.] [Labor attorney Randy KERR - cites a case where an employer discovered an employee's HIV status.] [Psychiatrist Dr. Margaret YATES - says doctor-patient confidentiality is down the tubes!]

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