European Court of Human Rights ruling means employers can read workers' private messages
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has set a precedent for social media privacy in a ruling that states employers are legally allowed to read workers’ private messages sent via WhatsApp, Facebook and other chat software.
Judges sitting in the ECHR handed down their decision stating that a firm that read a worker’s Yahoo Messenger chats sent while he was at work was within its rights.
The ruling said the employee had breached the company’s regulations which stated no private messages should be sent at work and that his employer had a right to check on his work.
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Source: The Drum
