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Monitoring Employees' Workplace Email and Use of Social Media

Janet Cecelia Walthall recently commented in her article "Workplace Monitoring of Social Media, Web Use Raises Unsettled Privacy Questions" about monitoring employees' workplace email and use of social media and networking sites.  As the article indicates, oftentimes the central issue in this type of case is whether the employee has consented to the employer's access of the information.  This issue will likely have future discovery implications for employers as these technologies — and employees' use of them at the workplace — continue to evolve.

Article reproduced with permission from Electronic Commerce & Law Report, 14 ECLR 1667 (Nov. 18, 2009).  Copyright 2009 by The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. (800-372-1033) http://www.bna.com

TAGS: E-Discovery