Although you’ve probably heard it a hundred times before, after reading an article in MSNBC today about email snooping I think it bears repeating: Be careful of what you send over your work email.

In this article from MSNBC on email snooping, according to a recent study one in three big companies in the United States employ people to read outgoing email from their other employees. I guess this shouldn’t come as a surprise, however believing something is happening and knowing it is are two completely different things.

Why would they do this? Well, the article goes on to state that 20% of all outgoing emails contain some kind of risk to the company. This is a pretty large percentage when you consider how many emails are sent from these companies a day.

The lesson here is to be very careful when sending emails at work. With the increasing use of networks and the internet in the workplace today, I don’t see the number of companies snooping on your email decreasing anytime soon.