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By SpringLaw | 3 Minutes Read September 14, 2023

Tech at termination: Can I read my employee’s email after they leave?

You have just terminated an employee and must now decide what to do with their email accounts, laptop data, DMs, personal folders on their laptop and all the other digital footprints employees leave every day. This post will focus on employee emails. Whether you fire with or without cause, can you read your employee's emails when they leave?

Article by SpringLaw / Business, Employment Standards, Information Technology, Privacy / company data, company email account, Confidentiality Agreements, data retention, data security, Employee email and computer use, employee monitoring, employment law, intellectual property, privacy law, tech at termination, termination Leave a Comment

By Maanit Zemel | 3 Minutes Read January 21, 2013

Some legal pitfalls of security breaches to your company’s electronic data

The recent loss of a Canadian government hard drive containing personal information of receivers of student loans and the ensuing class action lawsuit are a stark reminder of how easy it is to be exposed to the pitfalls of data security breaches.

Article by Maanit Zemel / Business, Finance and Accounting, Not for Profit, Privacy / class action lawsuit, client or customer data, company data, company’s computer, company’s electronic data, employment contract, hackers, handling of company data outside of the office, hard drives and electronic devices, legal liability, legal pitfals, loss of data, loss of sensitive electronic information, mobile devices, passwords, policies and procedures, portable devices, removal of employer’s data by rogue employees, security breaches, security software, security system, technology, termination

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