::Sunday, November 07, 2004::
YOUR COMPANY, EMAIL AND YOU
..You may not realize it but employers have the legal right to read and certainly monitor your online communications. The spate of recent financial lawsuits produced 70% of damning email messages convicting Frank Quatrone et al. Employees had better taken notice of their company's email policy or regret not to later on. Even instant messages can be monitored and stored on company databases. Over 25% of company firings have been been about email policy violations according to Businessweek Money Talks.
