This is an area where commonsense should prevail. Some companies log mail as a matter of efficiency to keep track of what has arrived. Just to be sure, if you're expecting something personal, notify the mailroom. Email and Web browsing The privacy of workplace email and Web browsing is a hot topic. If you're tempted to send lurid details or true confessions via the office email, forget it.
Most email is insecure unless it has been encoded or encrypted.
Like a postcard, anyone can read it. When you delete it, it hasn't gone forever. Most electronic documents are backed up and are recoverable. Depending on their content, cases where emails are printed out and distributed could prompt defamation action. Keep in mind, too, that anyone who intentionally and without authority gains access to data stored in a computer is committing an offence.