Thursday, January 14, 2016

Your boss can now read your personal email, Facebook and WhatsApp messages...

Workers were warned yesterday by the European Court of Human Rights that their employers can now legally snoop on private Facebook, WhatsApp and email messages.

The landmark ruling came following the case of a Romanian engineer who was sacked after sending messages to his fiancee and brother during work hours using Yahoo Messenger on a company-owned device.

ECHR judges sided with his employer, deciding that the worker had been professionally negligent and bosses should be able to check during work hours what their employees are doing.

So with workplace paranoia at an all-time high today, here's everything you need to know about how the ruling will affect you. Full story...

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