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No Blanket Monitoring of Employee Communications |
In general terms, State of Alaska does not engage in blanket monitoring of employee communications. It does, however, reserve the right to monitor, access, retrieve, read, and/or disclose employee communications when: (a) a legitimate business need exists that cannot be satisfied by other means, (b) the involved employee is unavailable and timing is critical to a business activity, (c) there is reasonable cause to suspect criminal activity or policy violation, or (d) monitoring is required by law, regulation, or third-party agreement. |
The intention of this policy is to put employees on notice that their communications may be monitored under certain circumstances. The policy also seeks to assure employees that a "big brother" style blanket monitoring process does not exist, and the right to monitor will be used judiciously and only when a legitimate business need exists.
For a related idea, see the policy entitled "Privacy Expectations and Information Stored on State of Alaska Systems." |