OK for Employer to Use Keystroke Tracking Software to Monitor Employee’s Computer
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 employer with Unauthorized Use of a Computer, a misdemeanor under section 156.05 of the New York Penal Law. Read more »
OK for Employer to Use Keystroke Tracking Software to Monitor Employee’s ComputerTags: email, expectation of privacy, Privacy, unauthorized use of a computer
Court Cases, Privacy | editor | 
June 16, 2010 12:57 pm | 
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