Legal Question in Employment Law in California

I have worked for a few companies and I had a job with the government that had a high level of sensitivity with some information, so over the years I have signed several contracts giving each company and that government agency permission to do such things as put a security camera in my workspace, check my email, search my car, and take other such security measures if they suspected that I was misusing work-related information.

Here are my questions:

1. When I left each of these jobs, were these contracts immediately invalid, or do these companies and this agency still have the legal right to check my email and so forth?

2. Is there a way that I can find out any and all contracts that I have signed that are currently in force?

3. Can a company legally transfer such a contract regarding my personal privacy to another company without notifying me?

4. Is there a way that I can invalidate any and all of these contracts? (I know that in real estate law I can post signs or send notices to the government to legally protect myself from adverse possession issues--can I do something to invalidate any prior contracts that I have signed regarding my personal privacy that a given company may consider to still be in force?)


Asked on 1/10/12, 1:14 am

1 Answer from Attorneys

1. Depends on the terms of the contracts. Most such contract have at least some future effect after termination of employment.

2. Bring them to a lawyer for review. There is no other way.

3. Yes, in many circumstances.

4. Maybe. Again you have to look at the contract and the facts and circumstances of your employment and departure. You need a formal legal opinion on it.

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Answered on 1/10/12, 12:52 pm


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