TCS Calls Employee Surveillance Reports 'Baseless' Amid Laptop Monitoring Controversy — BigGo Finance
TCS Calls Employee Surveillance Reports 'Baseless' Amid Laptop Monitoring Controversy — BigGo Finance
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TCS Calls Employee Surveillance Reports 'Baseless' Amid Laptop Monitoring Controversy
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Tata Consultancy Services has denied reports that it is using software on company-issued laptops to track individual employee activity, calling the allegations baseless and inaccurate. The dispute arose after a report claimed TCS had activated a Digital User Experience Monitoring tool on laptops used by nearly 600,000 employees, capable of identifying applications used and time spent on them. TCS said its digital tools monitor macro-level network performance for security and availability purposes, not individual surveillance. Details about the specific system, including its software provider and configuration, have not been publicly disclosed. The controversy highlights broader tensions between corporate security needs and employee privacy as workplace monitoring becomes more sophisticated. TCS had previously partnered with Zscaler on a digital experience monitoring solution for enterprise customers, though no connection to internal employee monitoring has been established.
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Pareekh Jain
EIIRTrend
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) (532540.BO) has forcefully rejected reports that it is using software on company-issued laptops to track individual employee activity, describing the allegations as "baseless and inaccurate" and insisting its monitoring tools serve a fundamentally different purpose.
The dispute centers on a Digital User Experience Monitoring system that, according to an earlier report by Moneycontrol, was activated on laptops used by nearly 600,000 TCS employees. Citing unnamed sources, that report said the software could identify which applications workers were using and how much time they spent on each one.
TCS, India's largest IT services company, disputed the characterization of the system as employee surveillance in a statement to India Today Tech. "The reports r