Many employees tend to abuse the privilege of having internet access at work, which is why Gregory Taillon like many others believes that "Employees' access to the Internet should be strictly controlled to protect security and to make sure employees aren't wasting company time." (Taillon, 2004, pg.16). Company information can be very valuable and a nonchalant attitude about Internet usage can be devastating to a company if a system were to contract a virus of some …showed first 75 words of 693 total…

…showed last 75 words of 693 total…able to surf the internet, but many employers might counter-argue that they are not paying you to surf the internet during work hours. Now is the time for employers to get those policies in place and implemented. Employees need to understand the consequences not only with the law but what could happen to the company if the systems did happen to get infected by a virus or the systems were hacked. It's time for action.