Tag Archive: expectation of privacy

Jan 10

New Cases Clarify the Stored Communications Act

Tweet How much privacy protection are your stored emails and texts hosted by third parties, such as Hotmail or Yahoo, entitled to?  In the United States, the privacy of such communications is governed by a federal statute called the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (“ECPA”) and, in particular, a subsection of the ECPA called the Stored …

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Jun 16

OK for Employer to Use Keystroke Tracking Software to Monitor Employee’s Computer

Tweet A New York court has dismissed a criminal complaint brought against an employer who secretly accessed an employee’s personal email account. In People v. Klapper, an employee reported that his employer, a doctor, surreptitiously installed keystroke tracking software on his computer; obtained the password for the employee’s personal email account; and then accessed and printed out documents from that account. The prosecutor’s office charged the …

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Jan 07

Supreme Court Will Review First Text Messaging Privacy Case

Tweet Does the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution protect personal text messages sent on government employer-owned pagers from government employer review? Three California special weapons and tactics (SWAT) officers have taken this question all the way to the United States Supreme Court.