Why does a child have an expectation or privacy but an employee does
not? And forget that crap about how you "signed your rights away" when
you joined the company; I've worked plenty of jobs in my life and
never signed such a document, yet I know that my phone calls and email
can be monitored by my remployer at any time. It's a basic right the
employer has - I don't need to sign anything for it to be in effect.

If the child doesn't want to be monitored, she can buy her own phone
service. Pre-paid cell phones are widely available - no credit check
required.


Ummm . . . eavesdropping on a telephone conversation is illegal. There is
no exception for employers. If you didn't sign your rights away, then you
have the expectation of privacy when using the phone . . . ANY phone. BTW,
where do YOU work where the employer is stupid enough to not insist that you
sign your rights away?

If the child doesn't want to be monitored, she can expect her parents to
OBEY THE LAW, if her parents allow her to use the phone at all. -Dave