Employers should monitor email gossiping in the workplace

Employers are advised to monitor email gossiping in the workplace as there could be concerns that the information circulated could pose a legal, financial or regulatory risk. Viruses could also be set up in the company’s network.

The 2006 Department of Trade and Industry's biennial Information Security Breaches Survey revealed that 17% of UK businesses suffered staff misuse of web access and 11% had misuse of email.

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