Comment Agree Re:It's a beatup about a non-story. (Score 1) 287
It's always been legal for companies in Australia to read their employees email. The techs do it as a matter of course as part of making sure their email servers are working correctly. And most? companies do backups and virus scans these days.
I know of several employees that a company wanted to sack - and sending sexist jokes became the convenient easy to prove excuse. It does help if there is an employee policy that states that the Company owns all the material created on their computers and may read any emails or all of them when ever they want. I know of a few companies/government that filter dirty words out - sometimes with strange consequences like when you're trying to buy a female dog or eradicate prickly pear.
I know of several employees that a company wanted to sack - and sending sexist jokes became the convenient easy to prove excuse. It does help if there is an employee policy that states that the Company owns all the material created on their computers and may read any emails or all of them when ever they want. I know of a few companies/government that filter dirty words out - sometimes with strange consequences like when you're trying to buy a female dog or eradicate prickly pear.
