May an employer look in an employee's email?
Only in two cases: where it is necessary to maintain daily operations or other legitimate interests of the undertaking, or where there is reasonable suspicion of a serious breach of duty or a criminal offence. The employee must as far as possible be notified and given the opportunity to comment and to be present, and the access must be documented. The rule sits in regulation of 2 July 2018 no. 1108, made under section 9-5 of the Working Environment Act, and the processing must also satisfy the Personal Data Act and the GDPR.
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Regulation on employer access to email sections 2 and 3, cf. Working Environment Act section 9-5
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- Regulation on employer access to email sections 2 and 3, cf. Working Environment Act section 9-5
- Acts
- Personal Data Act
- Area
- Data protection and trust services
- Read date
- 2026-09-09
Other acts in the same area
- Act on electronic trust services · LOV-2018-06-15-44
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