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EU Companies Can Monitor Employees' Private Conversations While At Work (softpedia.com)

Posted by timothy on from the whose-time-whose-dime dept.

An anonymous reader writes: A recent ruling of the European Court of Human Rights has granted EU companies the right to monitor and log private conversations that employees have at work while using the employer's devices. The ruling came after a Romanian was fired for using Yahoo Messenger back in 2007, while at work, to have private conversations with his girlfriend. He argued that his employer was breaking his right for privacy and correspondence. Both Romanian and European courts disagreed.

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  1. It's your company's equipment by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If you want to argue with your girlfriend, use your own cellphone. Jesus.

  2. Well Duh! by thechemic · · Score: 4, Insightful

    9 years later, we have a court ruling on common sense.

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    1. Re:Well Duh! by killkillkill · · Score: 4, Insightful

      If they liked the guy's work they wouldn't have fired him. It was probably only a contributing factor and a convenient reason to put on the HR form.