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Perspective

Apr. 28, 2010

New Jersey Company Unlawfully Accesses Employee's E-mails

Jeffrey Freedman of Liebert Cassidy Whitmore examines a New Jersey Supreme Court decision finding that a company violated its employee's privacy rights by reading her e-mails.

By Jeffrey Freedman

Even with a strong written policy that all computer use, including employee e-mails, was subject to its review, a New Jersey company acted unlawfully in accessing and reading e-mails written on a company computer and sent to an ex-employee's attorney. In Stengart v. Loving Care Agency, Inc., the New Jersey Supreme Court unanimously concluded that the company and its attorneys violated a former employee's rights of privac...

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