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Is it morally acceptable when an employer reads his or hers employees email? My belief is that if its my email, addressed to me and no one else, then I’m the only one should be reading my email. I feel that private emails should be just that, private, and not to be viewed by anyone but the intended recipient. While this business practice of monitoring incoming and outgoing email has been implemented for a while, most people, including myself, did not know that emails are being monitored. Being in the military, I found out first hand when I was stationed in Hawaii. The Division I was assigned too had installed the software Windows NT too better monitor what users were viewing. Administrators were assigned to monitor computer usage of the internet and websites service members were using and also blocking those that were not in the interests of the division. Windows Microsoft Outlook is the site used for sending and receiving email during the day-to-day conduct of Army business. Now, Windows NT may not directly monitor my private email but it does monitor the websites that I use to send and receive my private email. This I was not aware off until recently. However, is it legal for employers to monitor your email? Accordin