{"id":34878,"date":"2008-03-26T16:35:41","date_gmt":"2008-03-26T21:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.findlaw-admin.com\/ability-legal\/uncategorized\/ex-employee-is-liable-for-spamming.html"},"modified":"2008-03-26T16:35:41","modified_gmt":"2008-03-26T21:35:41","slug":"ex-employee-is-liable-for-spamming","status":"publish","type":"corporate","link":"https:\/\/corporate.findlaw.com\/law-library\/ex-employee-is-liable-for-spamming.html","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Employee Is Liable For “Spamming”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A California Superior Court judge granted Intel Corporation summary judgment in its trespass lawsuit against a former employee who sent thousands of derogatory e-mails into the company's system. In Intel Corp. v. Hamidi<\/i>, No. 98AS05067 (Cal. App. Dep't Super. Ct. April 27, 1999), Intel sued a former employee for illegally accessing the company's e-mail system over the last three years and sending more than 30,000 messags of a disparaging nature to Intel employees. The court concluded that this conduct, commonly known as "spamming," constitutes illegal trespass and rejected the ex-employee's argument that the connection of Intel's e-mail system into the internet converts the system into a public forum in which his speech was protected. The court concluded that, under federal and constitutional law, limited access for specific purposes does not convert private property to a public forum and the e-mails are not protected speech.<\/p>

– COMMENT: This latest "cyber case" illustrates a growing trend of court rulings on technology in the employment law setting. Employers should prepare themselves for more cases and challenges to e-mail, voice mail and computer entries by implementing a specific policy addressing these areas. Please feel free to contact any of our attorneys should you wish to implement such a policy or policies.<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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