A growing number of companies are surveilling the online activities of workers in an effort to track their productivity.

TD Bank recently informed employees that their screen time is being tracked, joining other companies like Bell which is doing the same.

That’s raising questions about privacy, among other concerns.

Local tech blogger Kevin Andrews says whether the use of AI programs to log an employee’s keystrokes and what sites they’re visiting improves productivity is debatable.

“Because, once employees know they’re being measured by their computer activity, human nature kicks in. Instead of thinking ‘how can I get this job done?,’ they may be thinking ‘how can I make sure the computer thinks I’m working more?'” That’s the danger, claims Andrews of “using activity for a substitute for results.”