Sangfor monitoring software is: behavior awareness system.
Some netizens posted a post exposing an employee behavior monitoring system, saying that the monitoring system can know employees’ intention to change jobs in advance, triggering heated public discussion. According to pictures of the system background circulated online, within the behavior sensing system, the company can view detailed information about employees who are likely to leave. For example, employee *** named Ju visited the job search website 23 times, submitted his resume 9 times, and had chat records containing keywords. 254 articles.
The behavior monitoring system is alleged to be the “Sangfor Behavior Awareness System BA” developed by Sangfor Technology Co., Ltd. A search of Sangfor's official website revealed that the system interface disclosed in the product overview of Sangfor's behavioral sensing system BA is highly similar to the interface of the online behavior monitoring system, and both have the function of predicting employee turnover intentions and employee slack.
In addition, organizational managers can also view employees’ online records through the backend, such as chatting, shopping, stock trading, watching videos, etc. Sangfor said that the application value of this system is to "provide the basis for performance appraisal for the human resources department, help network administrators adjust employee Internet strategies, and help enterprises improve the work efficiency of overall personnel and create more value for the enterprise." However, the software has been removed from the official website.
Software Controversy
An online behavior monitoring system has convinced A-share listed companies to be deeply involved in public opinion. It is worth noting that the related products that Sangfor has caused controversy among the outside world have not been launched recently, but have already been put on the market and purchased by many organizations. Its official public account "Sangfor Technology" has demonstrated multiple cooperation cases, including Suning Appliances, Indonesian Food and Drug Administration, Shenzhen Skyworth Digital Technology Co., Ltd., etc.
The controversy is still ongoing, with many netizens questioning the organization’s use of Sangfor-related products to monitor employee behavior, which is suspected of infringing on employees’ privacy. If employees use or access the Internet through their personal computers, mobile phones and other terminals or use their private networks, the employee's job search intention is private information that the employee does not want outsiders to know in the professional context. According to the provisions of the Civil Code, it should be handled in accordance with the right to privacy. Protection, the company's collection of such information without consent is an infringement of employees' privacy rights.
As for employees’ online behavior using company terminals or networks, it is also necessary for the company to implement monitoring for the purpose of employee management or network security management, and it should be included in the scope of employee personal information protection for protection and management. . When employees' personal information is processed without notification procedures for personal information processing or not based on legitimate and necessary human resource management conditions, companies run the legal risk of violating the Personal Information Protection Act.
The above content refers to Baidu Encyclopedia-Sangfor Technology Co., Ltd.