Unauthorized access to my privat INBOX in outlook 2

[JETOLA]

Hi all,
I am completely new in this forum, so forgive me - if there are some "rules of conduct" i have not read, or do not comply to.

I need some help. I am currently out on a limp in my current company. I have had deep arguments with my boss, and currently we are discussing my furture in the company. All this, is of course of zero interest to you

However, at a meeting today with my boss, i noticed that my boss new something, he could only have learned by reading my private mail. When i confronted him with this suspecion he of course denied, but i am dead sure. So my question is, is there any way, in which i can check, see or monitor if somebody is logging in and reading my private email. I am very alarmed by this, so i hope somebody can help me prove that my privacy has been disturbed.

Best Regards
JETOLA

 

[gizmo1973]

Sorry to say this but if you are reading your mail on company machine in company time it's not really private is it? What does your contract say? Dopes your manager have permission to do this (I suspect yes)
As for investigating this this poses the question are you authorised to do so.
This is a mine field and not really a Microsoft office forum question.
Have a look around this site and you will find forums more suited to this type of question.

Regards, Phil.

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[eyec]

sorry to say but there is no such thing as private emails on a company owned computer.

i assume your company has a "company use only policy" and that they have informed everyone that they have a right to view any and all files on their computers.

 

[KenWright]

Depending on what it is management are concerned about they may well have had your email monitored. Any sysadmin can see your mail in seconds. It's a company resource and generally to be used for company purposes, albeit most will tolerate a certain amount of private use. Give them any reason to be concerned about the use the system is being put to though and you will find they can look at pretty much anything they like.

Some companies even have keystroke loggers that will record all keystrokes, so that even if you use webmail or IM the transmission can be recorded.

Regards
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[Madawc]

As the other contributors said, Microsoft products are set up so that the purchaser of the software can control other people who also use it.

This includes Internet Explorer. Management can tell where you have been and how often. Anything private, do it at home, or an Internet Cafe.

Madawc Williams (East Anglia, UK)

 

[JETOLA]

Hi guys,
Thanks for your answers. I am truely stunned by this, but you are proberly right. Of course my company email is as such "owned" by the company - but i was sure that it was not allowed for the company to read mails without authorization. I live i Denmark, and as i said i am really stunned if this is the case. My god, this means basically that my boos can read what my girlfriend and i talk about, how my brothers live is at the moment - things that was only attended for specifick persons. Evevnthough I used a ressource that was given to me by the company, as the means for my communication, i was dead sure that it was still privat. This means, that if i write a letter on my company PC, and print it on the compnay printer - then my boss is "allowed" to read it ? I also have a mobil-phone, given to me by the compnay. This means that my boss is allowed to listen in on calls that are made on this phone. Truely scary.

But - thanks for your answers, it was could to learn your feelings of my "rights".

 

[gizmo1973]

JETOLA, most of what you say is quite right (though improbable in the U.K. where I am, the phone would be covered by the telecomunications act etc) what you need to do is look at your companies policies and ensure that they do say that your electonice means of communication (and a letter printed on a works printer may fall into the catergory until it leaves the company premises) are allowed to be monitored.
99.9% of companies in the UK make this clear but the odd ones small businesses) don't and don't ask you to sign something so that would not be allowed.
As mawdac said use your home PC or an internet cafe, my view is "if it ain't work then it don't belong on a work PC"

Regards, Phil.

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[rmiley]

http://profs.lp.findlaw.com/privacy/2c.html

Here are a few US cases involving similar situations. Denmark may be different, but in the US your employer has the right to monitor your e-mails.

 

[fumei]

And in Canada. ALL communication, and ALL files - even those stored on a local computer ( that is, NOT on a network server) are technically open to management. Also from a technical point, accessing these is not difficult.

As the president of Sun MicroSystems once said (or something like it): "Privacy? Don't make me laugh."

Bottom line, as others have posted, if you do not want your boss to see something, do NOT use a company machine. There is NO privacy. Just remember, there is no privacy on your home PC or an Internet cafe either.

There are companies here that use key loggers and pay the data entry people BY THE SECOND. If they are not actually typing in data, they are not paid. Welcome to the future.

Gerry