Workplace e-mail monitoring is legal

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We have seen that, in general, workplace e-mail monitoring is legal. In the landmark Smyth v, Pillsbury case at the start of this chapter, employees fired for messages sent through the employer's server, even when password-protected, and even when the employer had issued assurances that they would not be for retaliatory purposes, had no recourse. But what if the employer monitors messages sent on company-owned computers through a personal e-mail account, such as Yahoo? In 2008, Scott Sidell allegedly forgot to sign off his Yahoo account when he was fired from his job at Structured Settlement Investments. During the next week or so, the company read his still-accessible private e-mail, including confidential messages between Sidell and his attorney regarding his termination. Under these circumstances, did Sidell have a reasonable expectation of privacy? Was it violated by SSI?

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