Question 1 it is not right to read private emails of users. It is against the rules of privacy to use or access any private information without the consent of the user. Therefore, it is not also right to access employees’ email. However, a company may have a policy that allows the employer to access the email. Whether the company has the policy or not, in the end, it all comes down to the level of sensitivity or secrecy of the information (Tavani, 2011). In some cases, employers may access the emails without knowledge of the employee, but when legal actions are taken, the employee may lose. It is, however, okay to go through employees’ emails as long as the email accounts belong to the company to ensure rights are not being violated. However, personal emails are to be kept off limits. Moreover, before employee emails are read, it is vital to disclose the policies beforehand (Dowding, 2011).
Question 2…show more content… However, where there are no such limitations, it is okay to monitor sites visited by web users. This is because the network is not a property of the employee but company property. It is however not necessary to keep logs of visited sites as they may not be of much use to the employer. Also, it cannot be considered neglect not to monitor internet use. This is because if there are no limitations to internet access, employees are still bound to visit websites that may be inappropriate. When using the internet, this is viewed as personal time; therefore, privacy is
