Published: 17 November 2025 BritishAmerican Business and U.S. Chamber of Commerce Convene Meeting of U.S.-UK IP Working Group Share this page Contact: Dominic Parker, Associate Director, Communications & Media, BritishAmerican Businessdparker@babinc.org | 020 7290 9882 On November 17, 2025, BritishAmerican Business convened a meeting of the U.S.–UK IP Working Group in partnership with the U.S.…
Workplace surveillance has moved from the margins to the mainstream of modern working life.
A recent survey reported that around one-third of UK employers now use digital monitoring or “bossware” to track staff, alongside more traditional controls such as swipe cards and CCTV. The Institute for Public Policy Research has warned that this growing reliance on surveillance risks undermining workers’ rights and wellbeing. Together, these findings highlight why regulators and courts are increasingly being asked to consider whether technologies such as live facial recognition (LFR) are compatible with fundamental rights.