It's unreasonable to expect all private communications to be on public record, and if you write a note to your babysitter during office hours, why should the wi

It's unreasonable to expect all private communications to be on public record, and if you write a note to your babysitter during office hours, why should the wider world have to know about it? You can start by using your work email for all work-related purposes. If someone on Wall Street refused to use work email -- which can be monitored by their employer -- for communicating with clients, it would stink to high heaven.