Ninth Circuit Affirms Importance of Electronic Privacy Policies and Practices
On January 30, 2007, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decided the case of United States v. Ziegler (no. 05-30177), an appeal by a man convicted of various child-pornography charges. In deciding this case, the Zieglar court affirmed the importance of an employer's policies and practices regarding employees' right to privacy in their workplace computers and stored electronic data.
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Employers never seem to get a break from having to play the role of parent or "big brother" to their employees in an effort to minimize the risk of liability for their employees' actions. Monitoring the conduct of employees on the Internet is no exception and can constitute a large part of employee oversight because of the Internet's easy accessibility, privacy concerns, and free speech implications. A recent California court of appeal decision, however, has held that certain employers may be entitled to immunity for the Internet-based conduct of their employees.
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