Employee Computer Rights
California state laws try as much as possible to safeguard the privacy of an employee. You are protected against access to your personal information by an employer. An employer cannot force you to avail crucial information about your health status and personal information which you will not like other people to know about. But, when it comes to workplace computers, your privacy as an employee is limited. The emails and other types of information stored or send via workplace computers are assumed to be the property of your employer. The organization can easily monitor private information you receive over the place of work computers.
Monitoring Employee Computer Activity
The law in California assumes the employee is acting in good will by monitoring your workplace computer. Remember, you can steal work place information and share with other people who will misuse it. The law allows your employee to keep watch of information which you are sending over workplace computers so that he will know whether you are sending out information which can sabotage the operation of your work place computer. The law is very complex; hence you need assistance from a lawyer if you feel like your rights have been infringed. The employer can as well monitor the information you send over the internet on your workplace to know whether you are doing the work you were employed to do or you are wasting the resources of the company in your personal communication.
Using Your Computer at Work Employee Rights
Different companies have policies regarding office computer use. You are not supposed to use your office computer for personal needs. The employer can monitor the activities on your work computer and even initiate disciplinary actions if you will be discovered to be misusing your work time and computer resources on personal needs.
Email and Privacy
The work computer is the property of your employer, if you send or receive emails via the office computer, then you are risking your privacy because the company can easily read them. Most companies keep on monitoring the email send via the office computers to know whether the employee is working or just conspiring with competitors to bring down the business. Try to limit your use of office computer if you will like to stay safe from personal information infringement.
Internet Usage at Work
Employee internet usage at work is subject to scrutiny. Your employer will like to know what you are doing with work place resources. He can track websites you visited and restrict some sites such as social sites for you to concentrate on doing what you were employed to do in his premises.
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