ASK THE EXPERT: Does My Company Have The Right To Read My Email?

IBLS Editor — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 14:18:00 GMT

Wendy Garcia from The Philippines (Quezon City) asks:

I work for a large corporation in the finance department. In connection with the investigation of suspected embezzlement, my employer looked at my saved e-mail at work. Then, from some forwarded messages, discovered my home e-mail address, and convinced the Internet service provider to allow the company access to that e-mail as well. Does the company have the right to read e-mail at work? What about my private e-mail at home? pls answer my question asap thanks

ASK THE EXPERT: Can I get sued for invasion of privacy for reading my friend’s email?

IBLS Editor — Wed, 30 May 2007 16:36:00 GMT

Candace Payne from the United States (Brooklyn) asks:

One of my friends left his email inbox open on my computer. I read an email that he did not want me to read. Now he is threatening to sue me with invasion of privacy. I am thinking that legally it is not wrong because he left his email inbox open on my computer. I did not hack into his email. He left it open. Please inform me.

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ASK THE EXPERT: Does My Company Have The Right To Read My Email?

ASK THE EXPERT: Can I get sued for invasion of privacy for reading my friend’s email?