EMAIL AT YOUR CA JOB: IS YOUR EMPLOYER READING YOUR EMAILS?
Many califoria employees use their work computers or laptops to access their personal email accounts. Sometimes, Californians send work information to and from personal email accounts. How does this play into privacy? We all know that it is likely that your employer can read through your work emails, the ones you send using your work address on a company computer, but how about your personal account?
It seems that the answer is: no, your CA employer cannot violate your privacy by reading through your personal email account without your authorization. To be safe, it is probably best to keep your personal stuff (emails, IMs…) at home, on your home computer. However, if you do use your work computer to read and write personal emails, recent cases of employes suing employers for invasion of privacy have come out in favor of the employee.
If you are an employee in California who believes that your employer is reading your personal email account, call Greenberg & Rudman LLP TODAY. Stand up to your employer with the help of experienced employment attorneys. Call us at (1-800-ALAWPRO or 1-800-252-9766) for a free consultation about your legal rights. You can also find more information online at www.discriminationattorney.com. We are here to assist you!
