Business & Right of Technology Privacy in the Workplace - 275 Words

Regulation of Internet Business and the Right of Technology Privacy in the Workplace (Other (Not Listed) Sample) Content: Students Name Professors NameCourseDate Regulation of the Internet Business and the Right of Technology Privacy in the WorkplaceAccording to the law, the employer has the right to search and go through employees data stored on a workplace computer. I happened to work for a firm where there were weekly check-ups in every computer. I found it illegal. However, the law accords the employer this privilege as long as the machine is the companys property. The employer has the right to go through the Internet, emails and other personal information avaliable online.. I was not aware of the clause that protected me from the employers attempts to search through my personal emails. However, since I consented to this search and the fact that the work email belonged to the employer; I could not take any legal actions and felt unprotected by the law. Text messages were always intercepted and read on my workplace. Surprisingly, this was the part of the law, and they were acting wit hin the line. However, I soon learnt that my personal phone and how I used it could not be searched by my employer.The California Police officer treated the text messages like emails due to the shortfalls in the law and argued that the Computer Law was to be applied in this scenario. The court ruling justified the Department right to go through the pager given to the officer. However, the court did not rule that an employee had no right to privacy in a workplace, but gave the ruling that electronic material owned by the employer is under the control of the employer. Based on the Privacy law, I agree with that ruling on the basis of the responsible use of workplace resources and conferring priority of access to information to the employer who own the electronic devices.The Facebook lawsuit on whether hitting 'like' is protected free speech will be governed by the propositions in the first amendment. The law accords freedom of expression to media and press and protects an infringement of this priv...