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FDA email surveillance lawsuit raises complex issues of personal email accounts and government computers

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From Washington Post's Checkpoint Washington:

The lawsuit that six Food and Drug Administration employees filed last week alleging improper monitoring of their personal e-mail is the latest in a series of efforts to test the scope of the government’s authority to track the digital activity of its employees.

Privacy experts say the courts can expect a surge of similar cases as the lines between home and work increasingly blur in the federal workplace and beyond. Many say court guidance is needed to help federal agencies and employees navigate a complex area of the law.

Also see: FDA staffers sue agency over surveillance of personal email

Tagged Personal email accounts government computers, privacy, whistleblowing

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