Recently, an employee behavior monitoring system has pushed the listed company Sangfor Technologies Inc(300454) (300454. SZ) and related enterprises to the forefront of public opinion.
On the evening of February 11, some netizens disclosed an employee behavior monitoring system on their microblog, and wrote that the system can know whether employees have job hopping intention in advance, which immediately triggered a heated debate in public opinion. Many netizens made accusations, such as “selling personal privacy in the name of innovation” and “someone was laid off because of using the company’s computer to send a resume”, and called on everyone to use the company’s network carefully. It is understood that the monitoring system page is consistent with the product introduction page of a software ” Sangfor Technologies Inc(300454) behavior perception system ba” developed by A-share listed company Sangfor Technologies Inc(300454) in 2017.
On February 13, Hongxing capital Bureau found that the successful cases of cooperation between the monitoring system and China Everbright Bank Company Limited Co.Ltd(601818) Shenzhen Branch, Sina and East China Normal University listed on previous Sangfor Technologies Inc(300454) official website have not been searched or deleted. in addition, page titles such as ” China Everbright Bank Company Limited Co.Ltd(601818) Shenzhen branch adopts Sangfor Technologies Inc(300454) Internet behavior management scheme” can be found in Baidu search and headline search, but there is no content when entering the page, only the words “404” are displayed.
On the afternoon of the 13th, the relevant staff of China Everbright Bank Company Limited Co.Ltd(601818) Shenzhen Branch told the Red Star capital bureau that the branch had not carried out “such cooperation services” previously displayed on the official website with Sangfor Technologies Inc(300454) , and said that the relevant content had been deleted from the official website of Sangfor Technologies Inc(300454) .
As for the specific content of the previous cooperation and whether to purchase the system of Sangfor Technologies Inc(300454) , the above person in charge said: “this is a professional business problem, I don’t know yet.”
Previously, Sangfor Technologies Inc(300454) customer service told the Red Star capital bureau that the system “mainly analyzes the website access records of employees in the company’s network and supports turnover (intention) analysis”, and provided the Red Star capital bureau with relevant pages of turnover intention analysis. The picture shows that managers can limit a period of time to view the users, access duration and access times of the recruitment website during this period.
According to Red Star News, science and Innovation Board daily, Xiaoxiang Morning Post and other media reports, the official website of Sangfor Technologies Inc(300454) also lists successful cases of cooperation between the monitoring system and China Everbright Bank Company Limited Co.Ltd(601818) Shenzhen Branch, Sina and East China Normal University.
Zhao Zhanzhan, deputy director of Beijing Yunjia law firm, told Hongxing capital bureau that employees’ online behavior records belong to employees’ personal information and also constitute employees’ privacy. Whether the employee’s privacy is suspected to be infringed depends on whether the company installing the above system has informed the employee, or whether the relevant system is obvious if installed on the work computer and whether the employee can see it.
“Either way requires the consent of the employee, otherwise it will be suspected of illegally collecting the employee’s personal information and constitute an infringement on the employee’s personal privacy.” Zhao occupation told the Red Star capital Bureau.
