Is it against the law for my employer to listen to my private phone calls? They were made on a company phone.?
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It depends on a few factors. When your employer hired you, did you sign paperwork allowing them to monitor phone calls or prohibiting you from making private phone calls?
The webpage listed below provides useful information in what an employer is allowed to do, given what their justification is, as well as what steps they must take to be able to legally monitor calls.
It depends on the state you live in I believe, but you are using company property as far as they are concerned. I do know that many companies monitor their employee's computer usage. So be careful there too.
There is your answer, they were made on a company phone. Look up the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986. It basically says that if you do something on office equipment, you do not have an expectation of privacy. There have been some challenges to this and they all end up favoring the business. As a rule of thumb, I never say or write anything on company equipment that I would not want our CEO to hear. That goes for private e-mail accounts (yahoo, hotmail) that are accessed on company property.
Completely Legal. They all do it now. Most people make their phone calls on their cell phones to avoid this.
No, it would not be against the law. Some people call it
"Big Brother is watching, or listening". They can watch your Internet or telephone use.
The conversation is only private if you're the one paying the phone bill. I've been in the corporate world long enough to know that nothing you do is private in the workplace, including net surfing, email, phone calls, instant messages, etc. Watch your back. I've seen people (good people) get fired for doing personal things on company time.
If it's company time and company phone, it's a company phone call and they can listen to it if they choose. You should never expect any privact at work except in the bathroom. When they are paying you, you belong to them.
He can if it is his phone line. Although he may be checking to see if you are working or chatting. So he may not be interested in what you are talking about just if you are working.
personal and private calls should not be done on company time.you put yourself in the position of your boss checking on you.the boss is paying you for working not personal calls..
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