And so far, businesses seem to have the perfect right to do so, according to law and recent court rulings. The law allows employers to monitor communications if done so in the ordinary course of doing business if a legitimate business purpose exists. My boss decided to become downright hostile with me. Many employers vigilantly monitor what occurs in their place of business, according to a 1997 survey by the American Management Association. Because I read on the hard drive that I was being fired.
Employers say they have good reason for the snooping.
They are concerned with productivity and making sure that employees treat the public properly. They also want to prevent the electronic theft of valuable records and keep workers from steering the company into hot legal waters. Nevertheless, technology allows greater challenges to a worker's privacy than ever before, and many feel employers are overstepping traditional boundary lines. If the bounds have changed for them, then they should be more respectful of people's privacy. There are some things workers can do to seek confidentiality.