Hitting that “Send Button” at Work
According to a new survey by Forrester Research, 41% of large companies (those having at least 20,000 employees) either read or analyze the contents of outbound e-mail. They’re either paying other employees to read them or presumably using any number of commercially available software programs to analyze them. 44% of the companies surveyed investigated a confidential data breach involving e-mail in […]
Posted in Electronic Communication, Privacy
Tagged email, employee, employer, employment, monitor, privacy, security, surveillance
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Too Much Information – Part II
It may be due to a difficult job market. Or perhaps it’s just a sign of the times. According to one article, however, 83% of recruiters now search the internet for “digital dirt” in order to weed out prospective job candidates. Thus, inappropriate Facebook photos, unbecoming MySpace profiles, vituperative message board postings, controversial political statements, […]
Do You Really Need to Send that E-Mail from Work?
Probably not. If you work in California, or are otherwise subject to California law, I recently saw this article which again highlighted the oft-repeated warnings of many in the legal profession not to use your company’s e-mail to send out information that you deem to be confidential or, as in this case, even privileged. It […]
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Tagged email, employee, employer, employment, privacy law
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