High Court Rules Narrowly for Employer on Search of Text Messages

摘要

The Supreme Court said an employer's search of text messages written during work hours didn't violate an employee's right to privacy, because the search was reasonable and limited. But the court said its decision isn't a broad pronouncement on privacy rights and electronic communication. The case involved whether the federal Stored Communications Act barred a carrier from releasing information about a police officer's text messages made from a government-issued device after he exceeded monthly limits on texting.