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Wow, THAT is highly illegal in Europe No, it isn't. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/05/business/european-court-employers-workers-email.html https://www.nytimes

Wow, THAT is highly illegal in Europe No, it isn't. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/05/business/european-court-employers-workers-email.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/05/business/european-court-e... To wit: “Today’s ruling is fairly clear in how it outlines the parameters of monitoring employees,” said Stephen Ravenscroft, a London-based partner specializing in employment law at White & Case, a law firm. “It won’t be sufficient for employers to have a general policy permitting monitoring — the policy will need to be much more detailed, outlining why, how and where employees may be monitored and explaining how any information gathered through monitoring may be used.”

antientropic 9y ago
From that article: > In an 11 to 6 ruling, [the ECHR] found that Mr. Barbulescu’s privacy rights had been violated [after he had been fired for sending personal messages using his corporate account]. and > Furthermore, the chamber found, Romanian courts did not sufficiently examine the company’s need to read the entirety of Mr. Barbulescu’s messages, or the seriousness of the consequences of the monitoring, which resulted in dismissal. and > The chamber ruled that countries should ensure that companies’ efforts to monitor employees’ communications are “accompanied by adequate and sufficient safeguards against abuse.” So at least it's a more nuanced view than "I can go into anyone's messages immediately if need-be".