Attention: you're being watched

Thomson, J.

Attention: you're being watched - 2003 - Estates Gazette (0325) 21 June 2003, 129(1) .

Considers the misuse of email facilities by employees in the workplace and outlines how employers can lawfully monitor its use under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 and the Telecommunications (Lawful Business Practice)(Interception of Communications) Regulations 2000. Warns that employees must be aware of the employer's monitoring policy and that under some circumstances it may be considered an infringement of an employee's right to privacy under the Human Rights Act 1998.


E-MAIL
MONITORING
HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1998
REGULATION OF INVESTIGATORY POWERS ACT 2000
TELECOMMUNICATIONS (LAWFUL BUSINESS PRACTICE) (INTERCEPTIONS OF COMMUNICATIONS) REGULATIONS 2000