Legal Risks; Employee use of email & Internet
Access to email and the Internet is a business critical application for most organisations, but the
attributes that make such resources so essential inevitably generate significant risks for employers.
Incidents of email and Internet misuse continue unabated.
Blogging, social networking or so called ‘cyber slacking’ may seem harmless, but these activities can
result in harassment, obscenity, or even breach of confidentiality. The legal risks are real.
This legal summary considers some of the main risks that arise from employee use of email and the
Internet. Understand more about the top legal challenges facing businesses today.
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