Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Legal Corner - Email Monitoring

Employers in the UK who monitor staff email accounts may be in breach of the Human Rights Act 2000, following a new ruling in which the European Court of Human Rights awarded a UK employee £6,000 damages against her employer for breach of privacy.

For details of the story go to http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/6559873.stm

For details of the Human Rights Act 2000 go to http://www.crimereduction.gov.uk/hra.htm