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Monitoring poczty elektronicznej a tajemnica korespondencji pracownika
Monitoring of business e-mail and the confidentiality of employee correspondence

Author(s): Tomasz Bakalarz
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Labour and Social Security Law
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego
Keywords: confidentiality of correspondence; protection of personal rights; monitoring of e-mail

Summary/Abstract: In 2018, the Labor Code was supplemented with regulations on employee monitoring, including monitoring of business e-mail. The adopted solutions were criticized with regards their of adequacy in relation to the assumed legal goals. The subject of this text is a systematic interpretation of Art. 223 § 2 of the Labor Code, which prohibits violating the confidentiality of the employee’s correspondence and other personal rights. The author proves that the prohibition of violating the confidentiality of correspondence during the control of a business e-mail account makes it difficult or even impossible to achieve the monitoring goals set by the legislator.

  • Issue Year: 132/2023
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 49-61
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish
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