2006-10-25 04:26:38 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
No. If you are using the company's computer all data transmitted or received is their property.
They can listen in on your phone calls and voice mails as well. (Unless a collective bargaining agrement to the contrary is in effect.)
2006-10-25 04:35:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Where you're confused here is that you think your e-mails are personal. If they're sent using someone else's computer, under current law you have waived the expectation of privacy as to those e-mails, and any information regarding the e-mails that is resident on the computer belongs to the person who owns the computer.
In the employment context, that means that if you send e-mail to or from a work address or on a work machine, your employer, which owns the computer, owns the data.
If the IT department is the owner's designated representative, it is not against the law for them to monitor e-mail - it's viewed, in some cases, as their responsibility.
2006-10-25 12:24:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
It is usually ok for them to discipline you for using company email for personal use.
You should, at the very least, have a private account for your personal email. You are using Yahoo, just create an email account there. Even then, if they care enough, they can sniff out what you are sending. I would avoid doing personal things at work if you would really be bothered by your boss seeing it.
Some of the privacy things have not really caught up with the digital age. This one, however, will probably not change.
2006-10-25 04:31:11 · answer #3 · answered by Dentata 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, you signed an appropriate use agreement when you were hired, that allows your mail to be reviewed for content. This is to protect the company from espionage as well as inappropriate behavior of it's staff. Keep your private life and home and your work life at work-and their will be no issue.
2006-10-25 04:32:50 · answer #4 · answered by Walking on Sunshine 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If its interior of an employment place to accomplish that. I.e Accountant with director is large yet Boss to a various worker. No! Wages could basically be pronounced between those with the suitable standard jobs interior of their contract....
2016-10-16 09:43:31 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NOPE. IN fact, when the Supreme Court was packed with Liberals, they voted it was the right of your employer to do so. Maybe now that it is starting to get back to the RIGHT direction that can be changed. VOTE REPUBLICAN!!!!!!!!!!
2006-10-25 04:31:05 · answer #6 · answered by Spirit Walker 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not at work- it's your boss's property.
2006-10-25 04:29:42 · answer #7 · answered by TJD 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋