Bosses in Australia will soon be authorized with a new power on their workforce- the ability to scan every emails that is sent and received through their organisation’s email server.

The Sydney Morning Herald quotes the following…

COMPANIES will be able to intercept the emails and internet communications of their employees without their consent under new laws being considered by the Federal Government to protect the nation’s critical infrastructure from a cyber attack.

The proposed powers, which the Government wants in place by the middle of next year and which could affect millions of workers, have been slammed as an unprecedented and unjustifiable intrusion on civil liberties.

The Government is developing counter-measures, including amending the Telecommunications (Interceptions) Act to allow companies and others operating critical infrastructure to monitor emails and other internet communications without their workers’ consent.

The act allows only security agencies to monitor their employees’ communications without consent. That power expires at the end of June next year and Mr McClelland said he wanted the new legislation to include companies providing services critical to the economy.

In Malaysia, there’s no laws or acts protecting the employees’ privacy. Yes, every emails that you received and sent via your company’s email address is possibly being read by your boss right now.

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