No Legitimate Expectation of Privacy for Data on Office Computer, Court Says

[Ali, Saqib]

An employee has no reasonable expectation of privacy in personal files
stored on a company-owned computer and an employer's consent makes a
police search lawful, an appeals court says in a ruling of first
impression in New Jersey.

"We conclude ... that neither the law nor society recognize as
legitimate defendant's subjective expectation of privacy in a
workplace computer he used to commit a crime," Judge Marie Simonelli
wrote for the three-judge panel in State v. M.A., A-4922-06.

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