Wall St. Journal:  “Companies Face Tougher Tests to Justify Monitoring Workers’ Personal Accounts; Rulings Hinge on ‘Expectation of Privacy’ – Big Brother is watching. That is the message corporations routinely send their employees about using email.   But recent cases have shown that employees sometimes have more privacy rights than they might expect when it comes to the corporate email server.  Legal experts say that courts in some instances are showing more consideration for employees who feel their employer has violated their privacy electronically.”

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