[sgift]

Luckily, this is not the case in Germany. Here such behavior is illegal.

We have experience what happens when you give people unrestricted access to data to do with whatever they want. Spoiler: It leads to bad outcomes.

[jcims]

It’s not that cut and dry is it? It depends on whether or not the employer allows personal use of their internet/email infrastructure. If not, and if the user doesn’t have a professional responsibility to handle data that’s protected, employers are legally permitted to view the content.

https://www.mofo.com/resources/publications/employer-surveil...

[erikpukinskis]

Wait, so if I own a steel company and I fire a salesperson, I can’t go into the emails they sent from the computer I purchased for them to do negotiations with, to retrieve information about clients?

If that’s so, I’m quite shocked. How does this play out in courts? Does an employer in Germany have to sue an employee in order to access such information?