who can open mail sent to my workplace, when it is adressed to me??

Answer 1

If your company still has a mail room, they can. Your boss can if it is addressed to you using your title and delivered to the workplace. All of our mail is opened in the mail room after going through a machine that "sniffs" for explosives or bio-agents... welcome to the post 9-11 world.

If you are expecting private correspondence for the love of christmas get a PO Box. Courts are constantly upholding the rights of employers to access what their employees do at work.

Your email is a public chat room, the system administrator and any number of your bosses can access it.

Answer 2

Anyone who has been given the authority to scan incoming mail, whether it's received through postal delivery or email. If postal or email mail that you receive is job related, again, it can be opened/scanned by whomever has the authority in your company because it is consider company mail. If you are talking about your personal postal mail, you should have the sender stamp it with "Personal, to opened by Address Only", no one in your company is suppose to open it because they could be in violation of the "Privacy Act", but, to be safe, have your personal mail go to a PO Box or your home address. As for receipt of your email, that is not protected because the mail is received via your company's network and your company has a right to open/scan the mail you are receiving. What you should also consider - the emails you are sending because the company can restrict you from sending certain types of email messages, but, they can not really put restrictions on email messages you receive because you are not really sure when the sender will nor can you ensure the subject matter of the emails you receive. Some people have lost their jobs of email messages (sent and/or received) because the suprvisor or the person in charge thought that the person was abusing the mail system, postal or email. Be extra careful of the type of mail you send and receive at your workplace.

Answer 3

Do you mean postal mail or e-mail? for regular mail, it is a federal offence. I don't know if it extends to others at your address, I belive it does though. There may be some exceptions to this though, you boss for example, may have the right to open it as long as it's related to work.

With e-mail, there are no laws regarding it, anyone who in a legal way, (usually only the IT department and your boss) obtains your username and password can see it. If a hacker got it then you could do something though.

Either way I think there are a few ethical issues with opening someone elses mail.

Answer 4

It is against Federal law for anyone other than you to open mail if it is addressed to you no matter where it is sent. Who invaded your privacy can get into alot of trouble if the post master finds out about that. They are tampering with federal property and could face jail time and a very high fine.

Answer 5

I am assuming you mean actual postal mail? I can't refer you to any law, but we had this debate at my office last year. Our director wanted every last piece of mail opened and time stamped before passed along, even when it was personally addressed to a specific employee. There were many complaints made about this procedure, but she assured us that it is perfectly legal because the envelopes have the company address on them. I do know that if you receive someone else's mail at your home and accidentally open it, you should tape it shut and write "accidentally opened" before returning it to the post office. There can be "legal consequences" according to the United States Postal Service, if one purposefully opens mail addressed to another.

Answer 6

Physical mail: only you can open it, *UNLESS* you've signed something or it's known company policy otherwise, or it's addressed to you "c/o" the company, or the company's name otherwise appears on the address. In those cases, it's very likely the courts would rule that any normal mailroom employee has the right to open it.

Email: No privacy laws--their computer, their right to read every word that passes onscreen.

Solution: Don't get personal mail, electronic or other, sent to your work.

Answer 7

If the mail is addressed via your employer's domain, then he has the absolute right to check up on all mail activities using any company's address. He owns it, after all.

Answer 8

Anyone who normally opens all mail at company.

Answer 9

Anyone who has the authority to do so such as network administrator or your boss or supervisor. This is because you are you are on company time and using company property while wasting company money.

Answer 10

If it is postal mail, you and only you (if you are in the US) If anyone else opens it, they are committing felony mail fraud.
Period. Home, work, anything that is addressed to you is for YOU