Legal Question in Business Law in Massachusetts
I have my own personal laptop at work. I use it to send out e'mails to the managers that work under me. It does contain small amount of materials of the companies.
I had an affair with a co-worker and no one knew of this. The owner one day was at my desk and decided to look thru my personal e-mail folder. He found e-mails from the co worker and me.
He is now punishing me and the co-worker for the relationship even though it was over.
My question is does he have a right to go into my personal laptop or even into my personal email folder that was marked personal. How legal was it that he did.
2 Answers from Attorneys
Although you supplied important facts about this incident, more information would be useful in order to determine what (if any) violation of your rights (and that of your co-worker) occurred.
It may well be that your anticipation of privacy was legally protected in this instance and your rights have indeed been violated. Your experienced litigation attorney will proove invaluable in assisting you to sort this out and seek proper redress if warranted.
This Office often provides free initial consultations concearning certain work place matters. Good Luck.
it depends on what you were told when you were hired.
As a general rule, the answer is no.
If you were using the office computer, then all bets are off.
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