"His employer had discovered that he was using Yahoo Messenger for personal contacts, as well as professional ones.
Because it believed it was accessing a work account, the judges said, the firm had not erred.
The man, named Bogdan Barbulescu, ...argued that his right to a private life had been breached when his employer had read a log of messages on a Yahoo Messenger account he had set up for work, as well as that from a second personal one.
Mr Barbulescu's employer had banned its staff from sending personal messages at work.
To check his account, the judges said, it had been necessary for his employer to access his records."
It sounds like a stupid policy, but all the company did was access a Yahoo account that he had set up as a work account and saw that he had also been using it for personal communications.
Because it believed it was accessing a work account, the judges said, the firm had not erred.
The man, named Bogdan Barbulescu, ...argued that his right to a private life had been breached when his employer had read a log of messages on a Yahoo Messenger account he had set up for work, as well as that from a second personal one.
Mr Barbulescu's employer had banned its staff from sending personal messages at work.
To check his account, the judges said, it had been necessary for his employer to access his records."
It sounds like a stupid policy, but all the company did was access a Yahoo account that he had set up as a work account and saw that he had also been using it for personal communications.