&gt; It indicates this european court believes there is no right to privacy at work<p>When you&#x27;re on the employer&#x27;s dime, using the employer&#x27;s equipment, and using the employer&#x27;s internet connection, you don&#x27;t get to send personal messages. This guy did, and then found out the consequences. It&#x27;s pretty simple.<p>The company used MSN Messenger for business purposes. This guy took it upon himself to setup a separate account from which he privately messaged people during business hours.<p>This guy would not have been able to send those private messages had the employer not fully paid for all the equipment and necessary components to facilitate messaging for business purposes.<p>Imagine the parallel. I hire you to telemarket for me (make sales phone calls). I tell you all calls are recorded. Sometime later, I&#x27;m digging through the recordings to find a customer&#x27;s call, and discover you have been making many personal non-business-related phone calls. Instead of using my equipment to conduct business, you have decided to make personal calls to your friends. Of course you would be terminated, and of course I listened to the calls, because I own them.