Employers Push Privacy Bounds Spying On Employees, CNNfn.

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Byline: Susan Lisovicz, Daniel Sieberg, Fred Katayama

SUSAN LISOVICZ, CNNfn ANCHOR, MARKET CALL: Employees, beware, big brother is watching you, even at work. CNN`s Daniel Sieberg takes a look.

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DANIEL SIEBERG, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Ever wonder if your boss is spying on you? Well, Bill Bartlett had more than a sneaking suspicion when a camera was installed literally over his shoulder at a cell phone retail shop.

BILL BARTLETT, FORMER KIOSK EMPLOYEE: I felt it was intrusive in nature. I felt like I was being harassed, actually. I received a phone call from my son on Father`s Day to wish me a happy Father`s Day.

Do you know if Danny is calling to arrange, too?

And I saw the camera zooming on me to see what it is that I was doing.

SIEBERG (on camera): And did you have any sort of gut reaction at various times of the day?

BARTLETT: It was so close to me that I actually found myself kind of running around the kiosk hiding from it. And it was so close to me that I had to kind of restrain myself from actually knocking it off the attachment. When I approached the owners and management in regard, I was told to deal with it or to leave. So I left.

SIEBERG (voice-over): When contacted by CNN, the kiosk owner stated that the camera was installed to protect both the company and its employees from theft and liability.

BARTLETT: I`m a proud worker. I do my job to the best of …