http://www.newser.com/tag/18070/1/hacking.html
This site is talking about how Rupert Murdoch had hacked into hundreds of people's phones of government officials, celebrities, and regular citizens. Police found out about 4 years ago that Glenn Mulcaire had more then 91 pins of different voicemails. This was a big issue in privacy because he was finding out how to hack into different peoples voicemails. Him hacking into these hundred of people's phones of government officials, celebrities, and regular citizens made it clear that it is easy for people to hack into certain things and that there isn't strong privacy.
http://www.privacyrights.org/fs/fs7-work.htm
There are many reasons why monitoring emails would be good for employees and bad for employees. For example, the bosses will be able to see everything that the workers are saying to other employees and to family. This might be bad for the employees because the bosses might hold them to what they say. They wont be able to do certain things for themselves because the bosses are able to look at what they are saying. If they say something bad about the company through email the bosses will be able to see and maybe fire them. Monitoring emails could also be an advantage because if another employee is harassing another person or saying inappropriate things the bosses will be able to see and figure out the situation. In schools this helps alot also because if a student said a teacher said a certain thing over a email, the bosses will be able to trace the email and see if it was true or not. Monitoring calls is also important because the employees can monitor the clients calls for quality. This could also be a bad thing because if a client doesn't know that they are being monitored it could cause problems but most companies say before the call that it is going to be monitored and maybe used if needed.
http://www.awarenesstech.com/Parental/Email-Monitor.html
Most parents want to know what their child is doing online and monitoring their emails is a safe way and a good way to figure out what is going on in their lives. Web watcher records emails, when it was sent and received, who sent it, who received it, contents and any attachments. This is important for the parents because they will be able to see what is going on in their childrens lives and knowing what they are saying. This is bad for the parents because they are invading the child's space.
http://www.twc.state.tx.us/news/efte/monitoring_employees_telephone_use.html
Many employees can listen in on other phone calls but the employer needs to let the employees and the calling public know that such monitoring may be taking place. This has been a law since 2001 (Electronic Communications Privacy Act ). If the employee listens into a private phone call that is clearly private, intimate, or about a persons life they are considered evesdropping and can be at risk of a private lawsuit.
