Hugely important. Even without any employment agreement terms, "employers probably [have] the legal right to read employee email messages sent using their equip

Hugely important. Even without any employment agreement terms, "employers probably [have] the legal right to read employee email messages sent using their equipment and network." http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/email-monitoring-can-employer-read-30088.html http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/email-monitoring-can-... Read a wrongful termination case where an employee's abusive outgoing emails were accessed/grounds for dismissal. Employee lost.