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In addition, some companies install software on each employee's machine that enhances what they can monitor on that machine. It may not be labeled "corporate spyware" but something like "endpoint security", yet it may have the capacity to track pretty much everything you do.
Products such as Cisco Umbrella cover both. There's a DNS appliance inside the network, as well as a client software that installs on devices that forces them to use Umbrella's public DNS server when being used on another network.
This means we can track everything on the company owner device, even when you are at Starbucks or at home.
Never expect privacy on any device and/or network you don't have ownership and control over.