Source: out-law.com
Nearly half of UK companies have fired workers in the past year because of abuses of email. Over half of UK firms regularly audit employees' email to make sure they are complying with company rules, a survey has found.
The survey also found that almost half of the UK's companies conducted investigations into email leaks of confidential or sensitive data in the past year. The figures show UK companies to be more suspicious of and more rigorous in checking employees' use of email than their counterparts in Germany and France.
Research carried out by Forrester on behalf of email security firm Proofpoint found that 44% of UK companies had fired employees in the past year because of violation of email policies, while 78% of them had disciplined workers for the same offence.
It found that 53% of UK companies surveyed regularly audited outbound email content, while 47% have investigated a leak in the last year.
