[djim]

if said service is provided by the employer, they own the data/communications and have every right to monitor the service. same goes for work email: employers have access to this. it isn't illegal for them to access these communications done on a work account.

[mikeash]

That depends heavily on local laws and you really can't make a blanket statement like that.

[RobAley]

And laws be damned, it's often employee moral that takes a hit when employers snoop without consent, and that can be just as costly (if not more so) than a court case in many companies.

[15thandwhatever]

largely depends on the industry you work in.

a lot of us work in small dev shops, where we really like our privacy.

a lot of us also work in regulated industries, where if your employer is NOT logging, then your company gets fined by $government or $regulatingbody.