Thursday, February 5, 2015

Is it legal for an employer to hack into private email accounts of employees, former employees? If so, can there be some kind of compensat...

Question

Is it legal for an employer to hack into private email accounts of employees, & former employees? If so, can there be some kind of compensation?



Answer

The quick answer is that this appears to describe a violation of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act. There are criminal and civil liability (and attorney's fees) provisions.



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