[Cringing Negativism Network]

There is no such thing as a “private email” from a company email account.

As an employee, you do not own your work computer. You do not own the LAN. You did not buy the overpriced Windows operating system. You in fact did not buy anything - you are being PAID to be there.

You do not have a right to privacy in your cubicle. In fact, you do not have many rights at all, at work.

Thing is ... if you don’t like conditions there. You can simply go work somewhere else.

That’s the beauty.

[StolarStorm]

What about in the restroom? Can my employer watch me wipe my A**? If not, why not? They own the bathroom.

I did actually work at one place that was truly invasive of privacy. They had cameras set up outside the restrooms to time our "usage" and we were all SALARY workers not hourly... we also worked far more than 40 hours a week. There needs to be some additional privacy laws set up. Its gone too far.

[JoanVarga]

I expect privacy only in the restroom.

I don't even take home company pens. People who feel like they need to fluff their salary with stolen office time, office bandwidth, office items, office paper and copiers, need to find a new way to think and need to find a new job. Or start their own business.

-Joan

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

There is no such thing as a “private email” from a company email account.

It wasn't a private company account, it was his personal Gmail account (as in Google, not @boeing.com). To get in, they had to steal his password or hack the system. I'm reasonably sure that's not legal.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

You do not have a right to privacy in your cubicle.

This isn't about cubicle privacy. This is about being followed around town, having your personal e-mail hacked into, and people watching your house. I understand the work e-mail and work computer monitoring. Where I have a problem is monitoring personal computer use, personal e-mail use, and following people around off company property. Knowing this, I'll never work for Boeing.

[djf]

And Boeing pays well enough that if employees want to peek at boobies, they can do it at home on their own internet connection.

Doesn’t sound so much as a privacy issue as an industrial espionage issue.