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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 Occasional Contributors | < 1 Minutes Read July 25, 2016

The art of restraint

A restrictive covenant is a class of legal “promise” imposing a restriction on one party for the benefit of another. When drafted correctly, restrictive covenants are an invaluable tool to protect your business.

Article by Occasional Contributors / Business, Information Technology, Not for Profit, Privacy / Confidentiality Agreements, non-competition agreements, non-solicitation agreements, Parveen Shergill, properly drafted restrictive covenant, Pushor Mitchell LLP, restraint of trade, restrictive covenants

By Adam Gorley | 2 Minutes Read November 19, 2014

First international standard on cloud services and personal information protection

The International Standards Organization has released a standard for privacy aimed at cloud computing service providers.

Article by Adam Gorley / Business, Finance and Accounting, Information Technology, Privacy / auditable compliance framework, Breach notification, cloud computing, confidential information, Confidentiality Agreements, consent, Data breach, data breach notification, International Standardization Organization, International Standards Organization, ISO, legal compliance, personal information, personally identifiable information, PII, PII processors, processing personal information, protecting personal information, public clouds, trust

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