An employee was issued a Blackberry by her employer. She was told that she could use it for both work and personal e-mail the employee had a Gmail account that she used for personal communications. When she left for another job, she returned the Blackberry. It was her understanding that she had deleted her Gmail account from the phone. However, she subsequently learned that her Gmail account could still be accessed with the Blackberry. A manager at her former employer’s had been using her Gmail account for a period for eighteen months, during which time he accessed an estimated 48,000 of her e-mails. The e-mails included many communications about her family, career, finances, health, and other personal matters. The woman did not consent to or authorize the reading of her emails. She sued. What should the court decide? Why? Case: (See Lazette v. Kulmatycki, 949 F. Supp. 2d 748 (N.D. Ohio 2013).
An employee was issued a Blackberry by her employer. She was told that she could use it for both work and personal e-mail the employee had a Gmail account that she used for personal communications. When she left for another job, she returned the Blackberry. It was her understanding that she had deleted her Gmail account from the phone. However, she subsequently learned that her Gmail account could still be accessed with the Blackberry. A manager at her former employer’s had been using her Gmail account for a period for eighteen months, during which time he accessed an estimated 48,000 of her e-mails. The e-mails included many communications about her family, career, finances, health, and other personal matters. The woman did not consent to or authorize the reading of her emails. She sued. What should the court decide? Why? Case: (See Lazette v. Kulmatycki, 949 F. Supp. 2d 748 (N.D. Ohio 2013).
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An employee was issued a Blackberry by her employer. She was told that she could use it for both work and personal e-mail the employee had a Gmail account that she used for personal communications. When she left for another job, she returned the Blackberry. It was her understanding that she had deleted her Gmail account from the phone. However, she subsequently learned that her Gmail account could still be accessed with the Blackberry. A manager at her former employer’s had been using her Gmail account for a period for eighteen months, during which time he accessed an estimated 48,000 of her e-mails. The e-mails included many communications about her family, career, finances, health, and other personal matters. The woman did not consent to or authorize the reading of her emails. She sued.
What should the court decide? Why?
Case: (See Lazette v. Kulmatycki, 949 F. Supp. 2d 748 (N.D. Ohio 2013).
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