Court ruling means companies can now read employees' private messages

By The Newsroom
Published 13th Jan 2016, 13:08 BST
Updated 8th Jun 2018, 06:59 BST
Will you continue to use apps like Whatsapp and Facebook messenger while at work?Will you continue to use apps like Whatsapp and Facebook messenger while at work?
Will you continue to use apps like Whatsapp and Facebook messenger while at work?
If you use private online messaging while you are at work you might want to think again.

A ruling by The European Court of Human Rights means that companies have the right to monitor the private online messages of their staff.

The ruling was made on a case involving a Romanian engineer who was fired for using Yahoo messenger to send messages to family members as well as professional contacts.

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