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Private messages at work can be read by European employers
Employers can read workers' private messages sent via chat software and webmail accounts during working hours, judges have ruled. The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) said a firm that read a worker's Yahoo Messenger chats sent while he was at work was within its rights. Judges said he had breached the company's rules and that his employer had a right to check on his activities. Such policies must also protect workers against unfettered snooping, they said.
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This is also the case in the US and has been for years. It not only includes chat software but private email accessed over the network (gmail, yahoo mail, etc) and any websites or social media sites. It has been this way for a looooong time and people should understand by now that data, on a companies network, is always watched. So be careful out there. You also need to read the fine print on all of those documents they give you when you are hired.