Legal & Regulatory Compliance - Email Monitoring & Email Filtering Annotated
Maintaining Legal Compliance & Reducing Liability Risk
Legal compliance and regulatory compliance issues are quickly becoming a major focus for businesses. UK workplace monitoring laws have now made company executives personally liable for any failings to provide a safe working environment for employees.
Failing to provide a safe working environment can lead to considerable legal liability risk. This requirement covers a wide range of responsibilities.
Employees should be protected from:
- Inappropriate or offensive content – such as pornography, profanity, and lewd language
- Discrimination – by age, race, nationality, or economic status
- Harassment – whether sexual, religious, or bullying
Employees also have legal obligations towards their employers:
- To not defame the organisation or bring the company into disrepute
- To not use company resources illegally, for instance by sending spam or storing illegal images
- To safeguard company security
- To protect confidential data and intellectual property
- To always treat email messages as if they were written on a corporate letterhead - acting in the best interests of the company and upholding company standards
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