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Employer Email Monitoring May Contravene European Human Rights Laws
A recent report indicates that a U.K. public sector employee successfully sued the U.K. government after her personal Internet usage and telephone calls made while at work were monitored by one of her bosses. The monitoring was found to be a breach of the employee’s rights under the European Convention on Human Rights and the Human Rights Act, 1998. While U.K. law permits the monitoring and interception of business communications, the court ruled that it is not lawful to monitor an employee’s private use of the employer’s Internet and telephone systems, provided that such use has been authorized under the company’s use policy, unless the employee is also informed that such communications are subject to monitoring.
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