{"id":44,"date":"2010-03-10T14:14:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-10T18:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.wavecrestcomputing.com\/?p=44"},"modified":"2011-06-21T11:43:55","modified_gmt":"2011-06-21T15:43:55","slug":"how-much-personal-internet-surfing-in-the-workplace-is-too-much","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wavecrest.net\/index.php\/how-much-personal-internet-surfing-in-the-workplace-is-too-much\/","title":{"rendered":"How Much Personal Internet Surfing in the Workplace is Too Much?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It depends on what your organization considers &#8220;acceptable.&#8221; Research shows that the average person spends around one hour per day on non-work related internet surfing.\u00a0\u00a0 It also shows that the majority of viruses enter via Internet surfing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wavecrest.net\">Wavecrest&#8217;s Cyfin and CyBlock products<\/a> are configurable to fit your organization&#8217;s acceptable use policy. 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