Can I be punished if I accessed my significant other’s work email for the sole reason of printing a personal conversation she had with a co-worker?
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Can I be punished if I accessed my significant other’s work email for the sole reason of printing a personal conversation she had with a co-worker?
There was no phi taken or viewed; I simply was tracking the emails they were sending.We both willingly give each other our passwords; I did not steal it. She works for a health insurance company.
Asked on February 13, 2014 under Personal Injury, Florida
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 10 years ago | Contributor
She had no right to give you the password to her work email. If nothing was taken (i.e. no company information, etc.) and no damage done, then under the circumstances, it is unlikely that action would be taken against you; however, the company would be very well within its rights to fire your girlfriend "for cause" (i.e. she'd be ineligible for unemployment insurance) for letting a nonemployee access her work email.
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