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: TalkLeftSupreme Court: Employees' Text Messages Not Private
By Jeralyn
The Supreme Court ruled today an employer can access and read an employee's text messages. The opinion is here.
The court said while doing so was a search, it was a reasonable one conducted for a legitimate work-related purpose.
In its first ruling on the rights of employees who send messages on the job, the Supreme Court rejected a broad right of privacy for workers Thursday and said supervisors may read through an employee's text messages if they suspect work rules are being violated.
Full post as published by TalkLeft on June 17, 2010 (boomark / email).
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