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                IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, March 1997 v40 n1 p34(7)

                       "Who's reading my e-mail?": a study of professionals' e-mail usage
                       and privacy perceptions in the workplace. Patricia A. Chociey.

                Abstract: Corporate communication has recently been dominated by the use of electronic mail and
                with the ease of transmitting and retrieving information through the system, problems concerning
                privacy have been on the rise. A survey among working professionals was conducted and it was
                revealed that most employees are unaware that their employers can legally monitor their e-mail
                messages and that many employees use the system for private use. It is thus simply recommended
                that professional etiquette be practiced to reduce the risk of disputes, incidents and lawsuits related
                to e-mail privacy issues.
 
 
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