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Employees and the Internet

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Yes, another article on the problems caused by employee access to the Internet. Years ago it was employees and e-mail, then it was employees and blogging . Perhaps with every new Internet development we will see a new article reminding employers of the dangers to their business. The latest is Web 2.0 Can Be a Pandora's Box of Liability from Law.com.

In recent years, millions of employees have joined the world of Web 2.0, which includes social networking sites such as Facebook and LinkedIn, blogs, wikis, podcasts, video sharing sites and RSS feeds. Today, technology allows virtually anyone to easily post a message, picture, audio and/or video to his or her networking page, blog or other Web site. In this constantly changing new world, where individuals have the ability to disseminate information about their employers to a potentially worldwide Internet audience, employers need to evaluate their existing technology policies and, where necessary, implement new policies and strategies.

For those employers lacking any idea of what is Web 2.0, read the whole article.

Employers can break the dangers to the business as employees surfing the web more than working, embarrassing the business (rightly or wrongly), or exposing trade secrets. For employees, they need reminding that they have no privacy rights when using the employer's computers.

I see no reason why any employer with an employee handbook does not spell out its computer/Internet policies in the handbook, or why an employer providing Internet access does not have an employee handbook.

Full post as published by Indiana Civil & Business Lawyer on April 22, 2008 (boomark / email).