Global Commonsense and Privacy and E-Mail

<Tab/>In today's society email "is one of the fastest growing electronic communications" and its privacy can be invaded, because it is not very secure. This is mostly because email has to pass through a number of systems before it reaches its destination. <Tab/>The reason why emails are used more than any other form of communication is because email is more permanent than a note, or …

…future. -employers must give employees a direction about the use of the employer's encrypted or trade secret information. -employers must tell employees their stance on the personal use of emails. While some employers prohibit all personal emails, a better approach is to treat email like the telephone and allow employees to use their own discretion, within reason. -employers must ensure that their email policies do not discriminate against union employees engaged in protected union activities.