In some cases you might suspect that an employee who is leaving is helping themselves to your confidential business information. Does this give you the right to look through their work e-mail account
and cloud storage?
Published 13.06.2019
You’re planning on taking on a few agency staff for a specific project. However, you’re concerned about your potential liability for Internet and e-mail abuse. What easy steps can you take to protect
yourself?
Published 25.08.2005
An employee who was sacked for visiting 27,500 websites for “personal reasons” has won his tribunal case for unfair dismissal. So where did his employer go wrong and how can you avoid paying out
£38,000?
Published 08.09.2010
Personal blogs allow people to tell their friends what they are doing 24/7. But there’s a fine line between a bit of online gossiping and serious breaches of an employer’s confidentiality. So can you
tell your employees it’s time to blog off?
Published 23.02.2010
The Information Commissioner’s Office has prosecuted an employee who unlawfully removed the personal data of 100 clients. The facts of the case highlight a common misconception, what is it?
Published 22.10.2014
An employer recently sacked an employee for keeping an online diary (a blog), on the basis that its contents brought the company into disrepute. What’s the latest on this new threat to your
reputation and how should you deal with it?
Published 06.10.2005
Many employees who are issued with work mobile phones will activate personal accounts on them, such e-mail addresses, iTunes and Whatsapp. Do you have the right to access these personal accounts?
Published 04.04.2019
It’s estimated that the online gambling industry rakes in £10 billion per year and that 75% of employees regularly have a flutter during working hours. But it’s a safe bet that those who do are also
wasting your time. So what can you do?
Published 11.05.2010
It’s reckoned that each year the average worker wastes 65 hours of your time surfing the Internet. So if you want to keep an eye on this activity, how do you strike a balance between your right to
monitor and their right to privacy?
Published 10.08.2010