to what extent can an employer check your internet usage when checking your external email away from work?

example - company strongly discourages employees from checking job listings at work but if i checked external email at home and then checked job listings, can they make the connection between me logging into external email and then the following websites?

11/23/2011 10:23:45 PM

Your situation is somewhat vague and you aren't providing the model, make, and mileage details such as if you are doing this on a company laptop/phone, using some VPN software, etc. Anything at all on company equipment is assumed to be theirs no matter what it is and yes browsing history could easily be logged.

Worried about "job listings" = pr0n?

11/23/2011 10:36:20 PM

i actually figured i should have put example of porn, as it would be brought up, but it is indeed job listings.

no company laptop/phone. using my personal laptop via my house internet.

and to detail out. i understand i can do whatever on my laptop but i'm not trying to "piss off" my employer in any way so that is the reason i ask.

[Edited on November 23, 2011 at 10:42 PM. Reason : .]

11/23/2011 10:40:23 PM

Sounds like you have nothing to worry about... It's your pc and Internet. What did you think would happen?
Also, why do you care what they think if you're looking at jobs? What if it was your wife/gf/roommate/whatever was using your pc for that purpose?

11/23/2011 10:51:20 PM

Dude, its your computer, your internet connection, etc. If you didn't install any software of theirs it would be impossible, and if they did snoop with some sort of software, it would be a violation of privacy, considering your expectation was that their software did say, accounting, and not tracking.

I mean how the fuck could they track your behavior? Unless i'm totally misunderstanding your scenario.

11/23/2011 10:55:00 PM

perhaps you should get better at your job so you aren't so worried about how keen people are to replace you? I could give 2 shits about my bandwidth use at work because they know I'm a fuckin G
/bragadocious

11/23/2011 11:16:40 PM

Agreed. Unless you've loaded up a lot of their own software onto your personal machine or are using Internet service that they directly paid for, there's no legal way for them to be able to check your Internet activity. Heck, it would be very difficult period for them to check it.

Just don't do it at work. In the office, they have the right to essentially log everything you do on their networks (rightly or wrongly) since you're doing it on their time and their dime.

11/23/2011 11:35:08 PM

smoothcrim, you look like a tool with that comment bra. have fun at your job friday morning.

11/23/2011 11:44:47 PM

this thread will be reported to your boss and noted in your permanent record

11/24/2011 6:04:27 AM

friday morning, lol

sick burn, bruh.

if only campus was on open on friday

trolling aside, if you're good at your job and you do a good job, don't sweat it. obviously you're looking at other jobs and are worried because you're in a shitty work environment. if they wanna fire you over some petty shit, let them help speed you to a better job.

[Edited on November 24, 2011 at 9:26 AM. Reason : but i dont know your cash situation]

11/24/2011 9:24:22 AM

this entire thread is LOL

11/24/2011 2:08:57 PM

i can see you jerking off right now joerrad. put your dick away.

11/25/2011 7:08:16 PM