HiTom,
At 13:44 21/09/00 +0100, Tom Fletcher wrote:
>I was under the impression that any files created during your employers
>time on your employers computers were the intellectual property of the
>employer.
>
>On another note, an ex-colleague of mine setup a profanity list to block
>all "offensive" email being sent to his company. Having set this up he
>continually read all the 'private' email that was blocked. I have to say I
>thought reading email addressed to someone else was illegal, somewhat akin
>to opening somebody else's postal mail. The company is based in the UK, is
>it different in the US?
It is legal for the employer to read the email (in some countries, an
explicit statement may be required).
But not every legal thing can be done. If the employees stop working
because they don't like it, what can
a judge do here? fire'em all? this is already a bad thing for the company,
but add to this the reputation
problem.
regards,
mouss
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