Senator Debra Bowen is, for the fourth time, attempting to have an e-mail privacy law passed. This law would extend the current employer privacy law from covering soley telephone conversations to both telephone and e-mail.
Senator Bowen's bill, if made into law, would require a one time written notice from the employer stating that they will be monitoring your e-mails, and how they are to be monitored.

An estimated 43 percent of all major corporations hire a staff for the sole purpose of reading employee e-mails.

"Just because your boss owns the computers and pays for the Internet access doesn't mean he should have the right to spy on you without telling you... Owning the telephone and paying the phone bill should (not) allow him to eavesdrop on your personal phone conversations without letting you know," said Senator Bowen.

Sadly enough, it seems as though the bill will pass the state legislature.

Source: Information Week

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