Can I Read my Employees E-mail, or Tap His Telephone?
This is a fairly common question, but it raises a lot of concerns. Each state has slightly different wire taping laws - by which I mean recording telephone conversations. TheWork Place Privacy Counsel Blog has a very interesting article concerning wiretapping and the Federal Wiretap Act. This act effects interception of telephone calls and e-mails.
The article covers the effect of diverting or intercepting e-mails, and what it means to intercept a communication. Employers beware. Employees beware!
After reading this article, how would you advise an employer that wanted to read all of their employees e-mails. One thing is that you would not want the act to be an interception of the e-mails.
