Legal Alerts
Official employee email accounts form part of an organisation’s core business infrastructure and frequently contain information essential to business continuity, client communication, and internal operations. When an employee leaves, the employer must promptly protect its legitimate business interests while simultaneously ensuring compliance with personal data protection requirements. In recent years, European supervisory authorities have imposed significant fines for the improper handling of former employees’ email accounts. Their decisions have established a clear compliance standard that employers should carefully consider when managing business email accounts following the termination of employment.