Legal Question in Technology Law in Iowa

e-mail and employment

Is it legal for an employer to maintain an e-mail account of an employee who has left employment so as to obtain and read e-mail that employee continues to receive at that e-mail address? Or does the employer have the legal obligation to delete the account causing an undeliverable e-mail? I am looking at this from both perspectives and am not sure which is correct, from the employers perspective they are just making sure no critical e-mails are lost but from the employees perspective this is a knowing invasion of privacy. Who is correct in this situation?


Asked on 4/23/06, 11:20 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
David Anderson Anderson Business Law LLC

Re: e-mail and employment

The e-mail account belongs to the employer, and can be monitored at any time, before or after the employee leaves the company.

Usually there is something in the employee handbook or manual re: this.

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Answered on 4/24/06, 7:05 am


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