stubs
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Registered: 30th Jun 02
Location: Bolton
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We all recently recieved the following email at work...
"Chaps,
This is the email Graham sent to myself and Pete at the time of previously experienced problems we have had with staff and their email accounts.
I must point out ...none of your accounts have been looked at since this mail was sent. Nobody has asked me to do this, I do not believe or have any knowledge of anybody abusing their email usage. However, a review is due as it has been nearly a year since Graham sent the mail below.
I will be looking at all your accounts from Monday 26th April onwards. That gives everybody a chance to delete any emails that are non-work related. I do not want to take anything further ...so if any of you have mails that should not be there ....please get rid.
There will not be a follow up mail from this unless there is a problem.
I don't envisage any.
Regards,"
Can this be done, or are my emails protected by some sort of privacy act etc?
Need answers QUICK! 
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Skinner
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Registered: 14th Jul 03
Location: aberdeen drives:mk4 irmscher astra on 18's
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hes right if its a works pc
cause the pc is supose 2 b for work use only so u shouldnt have any personel stuff on it
hope that helps
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LukeGSi
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Registered: 9th Dec 03
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yesh he can do that  skinner is spot on
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Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
Location: Liverpool
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There are a few laws related to this. On one hand he is allowed to do it and on the other he is legally obligated to do so under certain conditions include freedom of information and certain terrorism things.
Plus of course, its a cost that the business is incurring, they have the right to ask that it's used correctly. I assume he's found a mail that wasn't exactly work related?
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Kerry
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Registered: 5th Oct 01
Location: Norwich
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my mate got sacked for that and she tried to take action and didnt get very far
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stubs
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Registered: 30th Jun 02
Location: Bolton
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quote:
Originally posted by Ian
There are a few laws related to this. On one hand he is allowed to do it and on the other he is legally obligated to do so under certain conditions include freedom of information and certain terrorism things.
Plus of course, its a cost that the business is incurring, they have the right to ask that it's used correctly. I assume he's found a mail that wasn't exactly work related?
It all stems back to last year when a member of staff was caught accessing other peoples email accounts & fowarding emails to his own account to incriminate them (they were emails slagging certain people off.. including some from my manager etc)... not realising that he shouldn't have been on their accounts to begin with!... When they checked his account, they uncovered all sorts of shite! 
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