Is Your Boss Monitoring Your Email?

If you’re working for a US company, there’s a good chance you’re being watched–and you may get fired for how you use your computer or office phone, writes CNet News:

That’s the gist of a study on electronic monitoring and surveillance released Wednesday by the American Management Association and the ePolicy Institute.

The report found that companies increasingly are "putting teeth in technology policies." About a quarter of employers have fired workers for misusing the Internet; another 25 percent have terminated employees for e-mail misuse; and 6 percent have fired employees for misusing office telephones, according to the report.