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CA Employee Online Privacy Protection Nixed

The Governor of California vetoed a law that would have increased privacy protection employees of entities that provide online access. The veto was issued on the grounds that the notice requirement by employers to employees was too broad. The bill's sponsor said that the bill only required a one-time notice from an employer to employees if they wanted to monitor employee e-mail. The bill was supported by privacy and consumer advocates passed the assembly and the senate with healthy margins in August

Schwarzenegger vetoes on-line privacy bill, Out-Law.com, October 1, 2004