- People who want to send highly personal notes to a romantic partner were given a word of warning Thursday by the Supreme Court: Do not use the messaging system supplied by your employer if you want to keep them private.
In a 9-0 ruling, the justices rejected a broad right of privacy for workers and said a supervisor may read through a public employee's text messages if he or she suspects work rules are being violated.
The decision was the high court's first to consider the privacy rights of employees who send messages on the job. It comes at a time when millions of American workers spend at least part of their day talking on phones or sending messages on computers or cell phones, many of which are supplied by their employers.
At one point, we recall rumors that certain persons were not only sending love notes back-and-forth on their Department Blackberry, but also sending threatening notes and voice mails once the romance went south. We assume those would be used administratively and not swept under the carpet just because the offender was a connected gold star?
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