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I don't think so. The employer has all the rights to look at company emails, there is no right to privacy when using the company's email addresses. There are quite recent verdicts in Germany IIRC, considering if it was unlawful termination if your employer uses information gathered from your emails as reason for the firing. Looking at the emails in the first place was totally lawful, IIRC.


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