Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Supreme Court: Sexting at work


When your job pays for your blackberry, sexting may not be a good idea. Yet, for some reason a California cop is suing after he was fired for sending sexually related texts on his work pager. The case is going all the way to the Supreme Court.

Apparently the case could have wide ranging implications, including whether your boss can read your work emails. That's because the The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the cop has a reasonable expectation of privacy.

On the other hand, in today's Chicago Tribune they cite one study, that says fully half of employers said they monitor their employees' Internet usage.

25% say they have fired someone for inappropriate use of e-mail.

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