This may include monitoring any Internet traffic including encrypted web browser traffic via Transport Layer Security and Secure Sockets Layer connections, personal web-based email, and personal banking sites.
Research done by American Management Association that nearly 30 percent of all employers in the United States monitor employee e-mails.
[5] Some software used for this type of surveillance may impose additional restrictions or notification requirements based on their End User License Agreement (EULA).
For example, Spectorsoft requires that employees have signed a contract stating that their computer activity may be monitored when they were employed.
Additional legal issues may arise if information obtained from the monitoring is used for illegal or malicious purposes.