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A third of British firms have sacked staff for abusing work e-mail accounts.
A survey by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) found that workers browse the internet for an average of more than an hour each day and write 18 personal e-mails.
Under the new Data Protection Code, employers are required to inform staff of the nature and extent of all internet monitoring, as well as the extent to which information about internet use is retained and for how long.
The survey, The People and Technology Survey, found that sending porn was the top reason for formal action.
