Employers monitor employees for many valid reasons. The most traditional motivations are to determine whether employees are following company policies or making appropriate use of their work time. Employees also monitor staff to enforce company rules and to decrease illegal acti

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When privacy issues reach the courts, judges tend to balance the privacy claims of employees against legitimate claims of employers. In the past, courts have permitted employers to conduct surveillance, provided that there is a compelling interest involved.

With advancing technologies providing employers with a powerful new ability to monitor the workplace, it increases the possibility of unforeseen liabilities resulting from employee lawsuits. The U.S. Constitution, which protect against state action, applies only to privacy rights of public employees, and although there are federal statutes that regulate computer crimes and informational privacy, they don't explicitly govern the ability of private employers to monitor employees' electronic communication

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