Ok, this is actually a real situation in the company I work for. How legal is it for employer to be spying on personal conversation among staffs? By conversation, I mean through digital communication, either by email or messenger.

Although this does not involve myself, I wonder about the legality of such act by employer. Anyone has any thought on this?

Sorry if this is in the wrong forum.. feel free to move to correct one.

Thanks for all the reply! So it is not really an uncommon practice for company to snoop in on their worker.

Despite it all, I think a company should give the worker their own privacy. I don't the boss would like it either if someone were to snoop in on his mailbox.

In term of security, I would think having a locked down system would be enough. A worker should be able to feel comfortable, and not feel that they're constantly being watch. Kinda like having a security camera installed in the toilet.. well, that's an extreme example..