Merrill Lynch, an investment bank, decided this month not to allow staff to view e-mails from America Online or Yahoo.

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Of course she can, but the time spent finding a drugstore in a new city and getting back to the hotel could be 30 minutes better spent preparing for a meeting or catching up on e-mails while a staff member delivers said toothbrush to your doorstep.

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Coulson was the editor of the News of the World newspaper in 2007 when Goodman and private investigator Glenn Mulcaire were sentenced to prison for hacking into voice mails of members of the royal family's staff.

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Here's a disturbing thought: At most companies, low-level tech staff can spy on e-mails sent by everyone from their cubicle neighbors to the CEO.

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E-mails sent or received by the governor or 11 of his senior staff members will be posted to a searchable database within a week of transmission.

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The police force that handled the Milly Dowler case said in a report this year that News of the World staff made it clear to police in 2002 that the paper had access to Milly's voice mails.

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