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Should employers be able to read text messages on company phones?
Yeah thats right I am asking whether or not employers can look up something on their property that they lend to employees.
It would be different if that phone was the employee's personal property but it is not.
Supreme Court to decide if bosses can read employees' text messages in Sgt. Jeff Quon sexting case
The Supreme Court announced Monday it will rule on sext privacy: whether a boss can read the X-rated text messages employees send on their work phones.
At issue is a California cop who sent reams of steamy texts on his SWAT pager to his mistress.
The case is the first time the courts have addressed the privacy of wireless communications, and the high court's final decision could have far-reaching effects. "This could change the whole legal landscape of electronic monitoring at work," said Lew Maltby, president of the National Workrights Institute.
Last year, the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, the nation's most liberal, ruled that Sgt. Jeff Quon could reasonably expect his dirty messages to stay private.
Yeah thats right I am asking whether or not employers can look up something on their property that they lend to employees.
It would be different if that phone was the employee's personal property but it is not.
Supreme Court to decide if bosses can read employees' text messages in Sgt. Jeff Quon sexting case
The Supreme Court announced Monday it will rule on sext privacy: whether a boss can read the X-rated text messages employees send on their work phones.
At issue is a California cop who sent reams of steamy texts on his SWAT pager to his mistress.
The case is the first time the courts have addressed the privacy of wireless communications, and the high court's final decision could have far-reaching effects. "This could change the whole legal landscape of electronic monitoring at work," said Lew Maltby, president of the National Workrights Institute.
Last year, the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, the nation's most liberal, ruled that Sgt. Jeff Quon could reasonably expect his dirty messages to stay private.
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