Supreme Court ruling lets employers view worker text messages with reason

The U.S. Supreme court ruled that supervisors/employers can check personal text messages of their employees or staff if they believe that workplace rules are being compromised. This ruling came after Sargent Jeff Quon filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Ontario, California back in 2004. Quon believed that his constitutional rights were at stake after his text messages were audited. The conclusion:

"Unless a 'no privacy' policy is clear and consistently applied, an employer should assume that employees have a reasonable expectation of privacy and should proceed carefully, with a good reason and a narrow search, before examining employee emails, texts or Internet usage," Dempsey said.

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