Discuss whether employees would have the right of privacy in the following e-mail situations:
1. E-mail sent in a company in which there is no warning given about the lack of privacy in e-mails. [Smyth v Pillsbury, 914 F Supp 97 (ED Pa 1996)]
2. An e-mail sent to co-workers from home using the employee’s AOL account.
3. An e-mail sent from a laptop while the employee is traveling for the company.
4. An e-mail sent to a coworker over a company Internet system in a company in which the employer has promised privacy in e-mail. [Commonwealth v Proetto, 771 A2d 823 (Pa Super Ct 2001)]
5. Employer monitoring of the e-mails of any employee when those e-mails were stored in a file folder marked “Personal.” [Mclaren v Microsoft Corp., 1999 WL 339015 (Tex App–Dallas 1999)]
6. Employees using company e-mail for union organization purposes. [Pratt & Whitney, National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Advisory Memorandum Cases 12-CA-18446, 12-CA-18722, 12-CS-18863 (February 23, 1998)]