1.0Barna, Guzy & Steffen, LTD.https://www.bgs.com/blogScott M. Lepakhttps://www.bgs.com/blog/author/scott-m-lepak/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="DEq8tIgJKI"><a href="https://www.bgs.com/blog/2010/09/29/employee-privacy-in-a-digital-age/">Employee Privacy in a Digital Age</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.bgs.com/blog/2010/09/29/employee-privacy-in-a-digital-age/embed/#?secret=DEq8tIgJKI" width="600" height="338" title="“Employee Privacy in a Digital Age” — Barna, Guzy & Steffen, LTD." data-secret="DEq8tIgJKI" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),l=0;l<n.length;l++)n[l].style.display="none";for(l=0;l<i.length;l++)if(r=i[l],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=d.createElement("a"),a=d.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,!o.test(a.protocol));else if(a.host===s.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> Electricity has been a benefit and a curse to the legal profession.  Before the invention of the fax machine, lawyers could write letters and not have to worry about the matter for a couple of days while it was being delivered.  The first fax I received was 76 pages on thermal paper that didn’t cut off to page sizes and scrolled onto the floor as one page over 50 feet long.  I knew at that moment that technology was going to be a mixed bag.  Clients now call and leave voice messages telling me that they sent me an email or a fax (or both).  I check emails while ice fishing (unless the fish are biting). While the access provided by electricity has been a mixed blessing, there is no questions that it has greatly affected my employment law practice.  When the internet was first introduced, it became immediately apparent that employees would view things at work that they would not dream of looking at from home (often for fear of reprisal by a spouse).  This created the need for personnel policies related to Internet use.  Emails became a common form of discourse that mixed the concepts of informal slang, often not entirely professional or appropriate statements and what was a more permanent...