Worried <A HREF="http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/007005.html">your boss is reading your email</A> at work? Your worst fears may be real. Of 301 large U.S. companies surveyed 41 percent say they hire staff to read and analyze outgoing mail. The numbers come from Proofpoint's annual Outbound Email and Data Loss Prevention survey which conducted the study this past March of U.S. companies with 20,000 plus employees.

Among the businesses surveyed 44 percent said they investigated a suspected email leak of company secrets, 26 percent said they fired people for violating email policies. So much for privacy.