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Supreme Court: Employers Can Read Employees’ Text Messages

HeadlineJun 18, 2010

The Supreme Court has ruled employers can read through employees’ text messages sent on work-issued phones if they suspect wrongdoing. The unanimous decision came in the case of a California police chief accused of violating an officer’s constitutional rights by reading transcripts of the officer’s sexually explicit text messages. Critics say the decision is a blow to workers’ privacy rights.

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