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Proofpoint’s 2008 survey on outbound email report is summed up by Help Net Security posting U.S. corporations massively read employee e-mail.

Some of the findings are

40% of companies surveyed investigated an e-mail-based violation of privacy or data protection regulations in the past 12 months.

26% of companies surveyed terminated an employee for violating e-mail policies in the last 12 months.

23% of U.S. companies surveyed said their business was impacted by the exposure of sensitive or embarrassing information in the last 12 months.

34% of the largest companies (20,000 employees or more) reported that employee e-mail was subpoenaed in the last 12 months.

Some of the other risks are:

27% of companies surveyed had investigated the exposure of confidential, sensitive or private information from lost or stolen mobile devices in the past 12 months.

11% of U.S. companies surveyed disciplined employees for improper use of blogs/message boards in the past 12 months.

13% of surveyed companies disciplined employees for social network violations and 14% for improper use of media sharing sites in the past 12 months.

14% of publicly traded companies surveyed had investigated the exposure of material financial information (such as unannounced financial results) on blogs or message board postings in the last 12 months.

So, be aware the Big Boss is watching.

…John