Is It Legal For Your Boss to Read Your Emails?
Ever wonder what your privacy rights are as an employee? Can your boss read your emails on your work computer but not your personal computer?
Our friends at AOL Jobs set the record straight. For starters, if you’re sending messages to and from your email address at work, then it’s not your property. That email address belongs to your employer.
If you’re a new employee, you may have noticed some type of mention of this in the employee handbook or online consent agreement as it relates to intellectual property as well as social media policies, too.
As per the piece, the Electronic Communications Privacy Act provides employees with some protection but there are a few loopholes.
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