This Wall Street Journal quick-hit article is shocking:
Companies are rolling out software that allows them to mine their employees’ emails and electronic address books for contact information, in a bid to make it easier to establish relationships with potential clients and others. But the tools also raise privacy concerns, and have been met with resistance at some firms.
“Raises privacy concerns”…that is an understatement. There has to be more to this story, but I can’t imagine companies using these tools. If they do, I suspect the natural reaction will be for employees to carry around their contact info on their cell phone and not place it on their company computer.