Monitoring of employee’s data messages at the workplace: What about the employee’s right to privacy?

This article provides a detailed summary of those issues relating to offences, legislation, legal aspects and jurisdiction in cyber crime cases in South Africa.

The new age of technology has exponentially grown and allows for the transmission of various data messages from personal computers to portable devices such as hand held palmtops, cell phones and other electronic peripherals. It has become apparent through the recent years that there has been an increase in private and commercial activity on both the Internet and other telecommunication platforms.