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		</div><p>Barclays has scrapped a “Big Brother style” system that tracked how long employees spent at their desks and sent warnings if they spent too long on breaks.</p>
<p>The bank has now stopped its use of the spyware following criticism from HR experts and privacy campaigners.</p>
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<p>Barclays introduced the technology during a pilot scheme last week, which was first reported by City AM.</p>
<p>Whistleblowers told the newspaper that the system provides staff with daily updates if they are not deemed active enough and told them to “avoid breaks”.</p>
<p>The firm said the pilot had been intended to improve productivity as well as “tackle overworking”.</p>
<p>The software, called Sapience, monitors workers’ productivity and claims to create “unprecedented transparency” within companies.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Monitoring desktops, timing loo breaks and warning staff about ";unaccounted activity"; when they go for a drink of water.</p>
<p>This isn&#39;t ";work yoga";, it&#39;s Dystopian Big Brother tactics that show a total disregard for hardworking staff</p>
<p>Shame on you <a href="https://twitter.com/Barclays?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Barclays</a> <a href="https://t.co/d7UmaIR38G">https://t.co/d7UmaIR38G</a></p>
<p>&mdash; TradesUnionCongress (@The_TUC) <a href="https://twitter.com/The_TUC/status/1230475679390715907?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 20, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>A Barclays spokesman said: “We always intended to listen to colleague feedback as part of this limited pilot which was intended to tackle issues such as individual over-working as well as raise general productivity.</p>
<p>“In response to that colleague feedback we have taken steps to ensure that no individual data is visible to managers.”</p>
<p>The bank’s use of the system received scorn from workers’ groups and privacy campaigners.</p>
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<p>The TUC union described the use of the system as “dystopian Big Brother tactics that show a total disregard for hardworking staff”.</p>
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