Acas warns against 'knee jerk reactions' as first social media guide published

Employment relations body Acas has published a guide to social media use in the workplace it claims will save businesses "billions". 06 Sep 2011

Newspaper's use of Twitter posts was legitimate, rules watchdog

A newspaper was within its rights to republish Twitter messages posted by a civil servant, newspaper self-regulatory body the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) has ruled. 10 Feb 2011

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German rail firm pays €1.1m fine over employee snooping

Germany's national rail company has agreed to pay a €1.1 million for spying on its employees for more than a decade. 27 Oct 2009

38% of large US companies have full-time email monitoring staff, claims research

Nearly four in ten companies have staff whose main job is to monitor the outgoing email of colleagues, according to US data security research. More than a third of the companies surveyed hired staff to perform only that monitoring function. 17 Aug 2009

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