''Camera phones in the workplace create issues of privacy for employees and of protecting the proprietary secrets of employers,'' lawyer Vincent Alfieri said.
Vendors sold an estimated 8 million camera phones in the United States last year and will sell 23 million this year, according to Strategy Analytics of Newton, Mass...
''Cell phones are obviously ubiquitous...now most new models come with cameras built in and have Internet capabilities. It's a technology that can be problematic for employers.''
In business, some bans are prompted by the fear that trade secrets can be swiped, or that an employee might snap an unwanted picture of a co-worker. Samsung, for example, which makes camera phones, recently got a lot of attention for barring them at some manufacturing sites in its effort to protect against industrial espionage.
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