Beware. There is a limit to your privacy at work.

[SteveB]

Be aware. There is a limit to your right to privacy when sending messages (or using an employer's computer) at work, under a recent European Court Ruling.

While it was agreed by the European Court that “unfettered snooping” was illegal, at work, if you are using your employers equipment and there are rules in place as to what you can use it for, your employer can read your private messages sent on their equipment and discipline you if you are using their equipment to send messages on their time, if it contravenes their written employee rules.