UK Employers May Read Employees' Mail

Martin Spamer writes: "The BBC reports that today the UK introduces Controversial new regulations (RIP) giving employers sweeping powers to monitor their workers' e-mails and Internet activity. Campaigners say the rules, under the new Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, are an assault on personal privacy." I guess I just don't see it. If I was gonna bad mouth my boss, I'd use my domain as the e-mail address, and PGP crypt the message. It's not so simple when you're using, say, a corporate laptop on your couch at home on a Saturday night tho.This bill was passed a while ago - but this is the day it takes effect.

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Re:I don't understand

[Bug2000]

In the case of emails, why not marking personal emails as 'Personal'. Those emails would not be legally accessible by the employer. And if an employer sees that there are 50 personal emails a day for an employee then he is fully entitled to say he has a problem with it. Privacy is preserved and company working time is monitored. In the case of internet access, I believe that employers should be allowed to say that it can only be used for work purposes and therefore have full right to monitor their employees' navigation. Sort of meeting behalves...