June 30, 2008

Former Employer Caught Snooping on Employee's Private Email

A former employee of Structured Settlement Investments filed a lawsuit against the company claiming that the company had been reading his personal yahoo e-mail messages. The company prohibited the former employee from engaging in a similar line of work for 3 years post employment. The case, filed in a Connecticut federal court, alleges that the company gained access to the personal e-mail on a private account, while the company claims to have knowledge about the employee because it was on his computer screen where others could see.

A Company Computer and Questions About E-Mail Privacy, New York Times, June 27, 2008