Business email

Email sent by employees through their employer s equipment has no expectation of privacy; the employer may monitor all communications through their equipment. Generally speaking, the factors courts use to determine whether companies can monitor and read personal emails in the workplace include: (i) the use of a company email account versus a personal email account and (ii) the presence of a clear company policy notifying employees that they should have no expectation of privacy when sending or reading emails at work, using company equipment, or when accessing personal accounts at work or on work equipment.According to a 2005 survey by the American Management Association, about 55% of US employers monitor and read their employees email. Evenattorney client privilege is not guaranteed through an employer s email system; US Courts have rendered contradictory verdicts on this issue.