my x used the Internet at work and was dismissed her manager opened her hot mail is this allowed?

Question

her manager opened her personal hotmail and read most messages sent to my x does this invade the privicy of my x and can she take actions against the company my x turned to the internet after the loss of our grandson who died 14 hours after birth

Answer 1

you might have a case. I'd talk to a lawyer. You'll have to know what the company policies are on Internet usage though. Good luck. How did she get into her account?

Answer 2

I think that yes of course the Internet policy definitely applies to this situation. Now I'm only guessing but you can probably look at it a couple different ways, it could depend on what time she used the Internet to access her personal hot-mail. Because she's getting paid for the time that she's there......(except for lunch)she probably shouldn't use the web for personal use. Which was probably the way that her employer was able to access her account. You can damn near find out every single thing a person did on the computer if you have the master password of that PC. and you don't have to be real high tech either its simple. So basically she just should leave her personal computer use away from the job. But it could just depend on if that hot-mail was also used for her job in any way known. Just like using the work phone to have personal conversations on the clock, or using your cell phone for non- work related conversations on the clock and on the voice mail you mention your job, i could go on and on ,so,But the best advice would probably be to check out the Internet policy, Hey email me and let me know how that goes.

Answer 3

anything that exists on the computers of your employer is their property; it is also their responsibility to protect the equipment. As a result, it is common for employers to have "back channels" on to the computers to check activity. Thus, if your x was sending her resume out from the office through her Hotmail account, or embezzling money, planning a terrorist raid, or emailing Grandma from the office, some employers view that as theft and grounds for dismissal. The actions of the employer are ridiculous and unconscionable, yet probably legal.

Good luck!

Answer 4

(non professional opinion):
This is borderline. Strictly speaking, an employer has no right to "snoop" into the personal dealings of their staff. On the other hand, your x was using company equipment/resources etc for personal purposes, which may be contrary to company policy. Any company worth it's salt should have systems in place to stop people accessing hotmail if they want to - failure to implement these systems is tacit approval of the employee doing so.
Not many people would interfere if a boss opened a personal e-mail account of one of his "slaves".

However, under the circumstances you describe, they'd be queueing up to beat him to death.

Answer 5

This is certainly an invasion of privacy. Totally unacceptable - though I would advise against using the loss of your grandson as a means of sympathy - it detracts from the basic facts of the case.
By the way, use punctuation, because your question was quite hard to interpret.

Answer 6

Most work place do make the Internet off limits to workers and most will sack you.
You x would be best to speak to a union rep or law centre regarding the sacking as there may be grounds to appeal due to the circumstances.

Answer 7

If the company policy does not allow a employee to use internet for personal use, or if the person is mis-using the office internet , then yes he/she can be booted out for that, since the office interenet is for bussiness use not for personal.

if she was booted out for just using the net and there was no unlawful, she might be able to take actions.

Answer 8

At my company, any personal use of the internet is a sackable offence. I suspect if she was not going about her work and was sending hotmail messages, they had a right to dismiss her.

Answer 9

If it was a company computer, the company has the right to look at anything on their computer.
Even if the company says "use the internet for personal use", they can see everything. It's their computer,.