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August 25, 2005

Offices snap off camera phones

The Times of India reports on company polices throughout India with regard to camera phones in the workplace.

"Many companies are taking a dim view of camera phones. They see them as a security threat. While some have begun to monitor the entry of these phones into their campuses, others have banned employees from carrying these gadgets within the office.

Honeywell Technology Solutions Lab (HTSL) recently made it mandatory for employees to shift to basic cellphone, not just in India, but in their companies all over the world.

... In the case of Mphasis and Infosys, monitoring the entry of such phones is a common practice. As these phones amount to carrying a camera inside the campus, an entry is made in a register at the entrance to the campus.

As these phones amount to carrying a camera inside the campus, an entry is made in a register at the entrance to the campus."

And another technique described in a previous post, employees and visitors of the Suwon and Kiheung Research Institutes (South Korea) have to put sealing stickers on their camera phones at the entrance".

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