It was in the US. The company can get in trouble for that here. But even if it were legal, there is no way anyone should want to work for a company where such

It was in the US. The company can get in trouble for that here. But even if it were legal, there is no way anyone should want to work for a company where such is asked. But then I wouldn't work for a company that insisted they wanted to read my personal email either and that's been happening more and more lately :-P