mail privacy

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My boss at a nonprofit in Minnesota routinely opens all my mail. This is insulting, of course, but my job also involves the exchange of confidential health-related information with my clients. She insists that she has the right to do this owing to an esoteric law regarding nonprofits, but I would like to know whether that's the case: are bosses legally entitled to open their subordinates' mail? Thank you.

 

[D. D. Lessenberry]

To the best of my knowledge, opeining mail delivered by the U.S. postal service that is not addressed to you is a Federal Crime.

Email on your company computer CAN be read by anyone, so far. The computers are the property of the company.

As for interoffice mail, I don't know.

My advice: Go to, or call your local post office and ask them about mail delivered by the United States Postal Service.

P. S. What action do you intend to take?