It looks obvious

eWeek reports on companies that are screening workers’ e-mails. The magazine describes  this phenomena:

“SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters)—Big Brother is not only watching but he is also reading your e-mail.

According to a new study, about a third of big companies in the United States and Britain hire employees to read and analyze outbound e-mail as they seek to guard against legal, financial or regulatory risk.”

Regular reader of this blog know that I’m constantly worried about privacy issues and the government’s infringements of privacy right. However this is completely different and unlike the noise that it start to make in the blogosphere – this activity is well within the companies right.

Using the company’s e-mail isn’t , and should not, considered as using private e-mail. Not only that the company itself can use it as its own property, which it is, its require to do it by many regulations.  

I don’t understand, however, why one should use the company’s e-mail , and have it stored for whatever regulatory inspection, when there are so many other solutions around.