Seventh Circuit· 2/6/2002

Albert J. Muick v. Glenayre Electronics

Citations

280 F.3d 741
2002 U.S. App. LEXIS 1782
2002 WL 181726

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noting that an employer's announcement that it could inspect laptop computers \destroyed any reasonable expectation of privacy\ the defendant may have had
finding that employee did not have a reasonable expectation of privacy in employer-owned computer because employer policy permitted inspection of laptops
“[T]he abuse of access to workplace computers is so common (workers being prone to use them as media of gossip, titillation, and other entertainment and distraction
employees of private employer have no reasonable expectation of privacy in information stored on employer laptops because of employer's announced policy that it could inspect the laptops it furnished for employee use
“[T]he abuse of access to workplace computers is so common (workers being prone to use them as media of gossip, titillation, and other entertainment and distraction
“Glenayre had announced that it could inspect the lap- tops that it furnished for the use of its employees, and this destroyed any reasonable expectation of privacy . . . .”

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Judges: Posner, Manion, Royner

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