Is it illegal to read someone's email without their knowledge? My wife found out that her emails were also going into someone's inbox intentionally as they set her up when she joined. This wasnt an IT person but someone in Finance that h
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If it is company email, then the company IT rules govern the access. Remember, if someone read personal email on a work account, you will be reminded that the rules state no personal email on company servers.
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yes, illegal to read someone's email.. Because they know her password thats why they can open it.
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they didnt have the pw - they had the ability to see her inbox from their computer, like an admin does for an executive
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someguy, thx for your response - isnt this diiferent since it's just another employee reading her email?
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It might be illegal because she isnt authorized to look at company emails. The company and your boss have the right to both monitor and read what you're sending and receiving. But if you're like me, you probably thought that the ISP you use at home--and by extension those who work there--doesn't have the same right. We're wrong: they do. At least that's what a recent court ruling says. Apparently, a strict reading of the laws that supposedly protect our private communications--principally 1968's Wiretap Act (Chapter 119 of Title 18) and one of the subsequent amendments to it, 1986's Electronic Communications Privacy Act--in effect denies e-mail the kind of privacy protection from law enforcement agents that other forms of personal communication have. What's more, the laws give ISPs pretty much the same right to read and monitor your e-mail that you have. http://pcworld.about.com/news/Aug042004id117159.htm
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it depends if the company knows about it. It may just be against company policy and the person who did this may be in trouble her terminated but emails in an office are never private and often subject for review.
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She actually has access to my bosses email, she mentioned a private email she read of my bosses tome and thats what prompted me to check if she had access to mine - and she did!! and now we're really upset
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If she's using company resources for her email and the aforementioned recipient is authorized to monitor it then it's legal. Although I don't know whether this applies to your wife's situation, even if the email messages contain personal info it's still legal because the company is allowed to restrict the usage of their resources, therefore they can monitor whatever communication is there.
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Similar question - one employee read another's emails, they concerned him and his many recent errors and unflatteringly criticized his known character flaws -lying,manipulating, blaming others. These are documented facets of his work, known to many. He somehow got access to the email of another and printed out these emails -to what end we don't know yet. But that he got them that way in the first place should poison the fruits of his endeavor, no ? He had no right to access this person's email - he is not authorized to monitor, nor have access to other's email. Would you say what he did was worse than what was possibly said about him ?
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I am in a situation at work where I have access to people's emails as I often do a lot of work for them. I recently found out through an email that my boss wants to get rid of me - can this be used as evidence if I were to take it further?
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Bottom line.... If its a company computer, emails are not private. Computers belong to the company and not the worker. In my job, everything is recorded. phone calls, emails, even checking on a persons criminal history is recorded. I realize its a liability issue for government and private industry. this does not bother me.
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Its illegal if that person doesn’t have the authorization to read/re-route other peoples email... but its up to the company to handle since its a company email account. She should take it to her supervisor.
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