turnersloane
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I have a business client that is a manufacturer of "large widgets" (I state this in order to protect the innocent). I have consulted my business lawyer concerning this dilemma; though tech-savvy, he was unsure of the legal issues.
My client wants to monitor both incoming and outgoing email on a specific employee on their business domain hosted through my company.
Here comes the ethical, moral and legal questions - I understand the desire of the client as he feels that his employee may or may not be sending intellectual property belonging to the company via email.
Ethically, I understand. Morally, I'm at an impasse (as in, is the employee really doing something malicious to his employer or not; if so, we can only determine this by "spying" on him). Legally, is this legal, as to me it amounts an illegal wiretap.
Gee, it's kind of like a "Schrodinger's cat" situation...with email.
Any input will not be taken as legal advice, so I hereby free you of that obligation....
My client wants to monitor both incoming and outgoing email on a specific employee on their business domain hosted through my company.
Here comes the ethical, moral and legal questions - I understand the desire of the client as he feels that his employee may or may not be sending intellectual property belonging to the company via email.
Ethically, I understand. Morally, I'm at an impasse (as in, is the employee really doing something malicious to his employer or not; if so, we can only determine this by "spying" on him). Legally, is this legal, as to me it amounts an illegal wiretap.
Gee, it's kind of like a "Schrodinger's cat" situation...with email.
Any input will not be taken as legal advice, so I hereby free you of that obligation....