Judge: Surfing Web at Work No Big Deal

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“It should be observed that the Internet has become the modern equivalent of a telephone or a daily newspaper, providing a combination of communication and information that most employees use as frequently in their personal lives as for their work,”

Interesting ruling and I agree with it. Although one might argue that surfing the internet uses corporate resource. Well so does playing solitair on the computer and if one reads the newspaper and then leaves it laying around a cleaning person has to discard it, which also technically uses corporate resources. A colleague at Auburn once gave a good piece of advice… don’t do anything on the internet you would not do in real life. Would you look at ESPN the magazine in your office? Then espn.com is acceptable. Would you place a personal phone call? Then chatting with a friend or e-mail a friend is acceptable. I think the judge got it right.

24 April, 2006 |

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