No, the company cannot observe your actions when you use PIA.
No, the company cannot observe your actions when you use PIA.
It's secured between your computer and the PIA node, meaning only that you're consuming significant bandwidth will be visible.
They can't view the traffic details, yet they notice you're handling a high volume of data via a VPN. As long as your PC remains private, they won't detect Netflix usage. Colleagues might still observe unrelated activities and alert you. Network administrators could become wary if they see your machine consistently sending large data packets from an external source not tied to company resources. Being caught would expose you to serious consequences, including accusations of corporate espionage due to encrypted communication with a third-party server.
Varying VPN configurations can lead to IP and DNS leaks. It’s important to verify kill switches are properly configured so that if the connection drops even briefly, it won’t attempt to reconnect over an exposed network. As @mike_seps mentioned, on company-owned devices there may be various monitoring tools installed, such as keyloggers, screen capture utilities, camera and microphone access, and packet sniffers. When the VPN is set up correctly and no local monitoring software is present, the organization can only detect that you’re connecting to an IP address (the VPN’s endpoint) and that substantial traffic flows between that point.