Posted on 01/15/2016 6:58:55 PM PST by Utilizer
The European Court of Human Rights has set an interesting predcedent for workplace internet use by ruling in favour of a company that accessed its employees personal online communications.
In the case brought forward by Romanian national Bogdan Mihai Bărbulescu in 2007, the court argued that his employer was within its rights to access messages he had sent via Yahoo Messenger during work hours.
Judges said it was legal because the employer had the right to “check the manner in which its employees complete their professional tasksâ€.
Even though he was using Yahoo Messenger to chat with his fiancee and brother as well as professional contacts, company policy prohibited the use of the messaging app for personal purposes.
(Excerpt) Read more at itnews.com.au ...
What you do on the boss's time, is strictly his business. On "Company Time", stick to company business. Anything you do on the boss's time is yes, subject to verification of work-related activities.
I would take it for granted that anything done on a company computer through a company server would be the company’s business...
Apparently, some people have difficulty understanding the concept.
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