With 86 percent of employees using company e-mail for personal correspondence, the risk of sexually charged e-mail is huge.
E-mail is the electronic equivalent of DNA evidence. If your workplace gets embroiled in a lawsuit, you can take it to the bank that your e-mail will be subpoenaed.
Employees should go to work assuming that Big Brother is going to read over their electronic shoulder when they're sitting at the computer.
You need to explain they have no reasonable expectation of privacy in the workplace and what are the ramifications if they violate the policy.
You need to be prepared for the fact that Big Brother is going to be reading over your electronic shoulder.
The last thing you want is to terminate an employee for violating your data policy and they don't even know you have one. Or they know about the policy but it has not been enforced across the board.
The federal government has made it clear that the computer system belongs to the employer and the employer has the right to monitor all e-mail transmissions and all Internet activity.