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Company E-mail and Employee Privacy: An Ongoing Oxymoron

By Dianne Sagner
July 28, 2005

Most employers, whether corporate, government or not-for-profit, allow some use of the company e-mail for private purposes. Employers universally recognize their employees' needs to be able to communicate about personal matters ' whether to get updates from school or a day care provider, deal with family or a car repair shop, or send other information necessary for the employee's everyday, non-working life.

Many observers have noted that e-mail use often replaces personal phone calls and for employers is a more efficient and less disruptive way for employees to maintain the personal and home contacts they need. The military and other agencies recognize that e-mail is a convenient way for troops to stay in touch with their families and have set up “cyber tents” where troops line up to log on.

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