Work colleague has access to my outlook inbox

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So I was adding an additional inbox to my outlook account at work (I am a longterm freelancer of 3 years - basically an employee) and noticed in permissions that a work colleague had access to my inbox. Not a boss, a work colleague. I am livid. This means they have had access and have no idea for how long. I have no reason to worry from a misdemeanor point of view, I work hard - however I feel this is a gross invasion on privacy. What I suspect it is is my immediate boss (of sorts) who is buddies with this guy perhaps arranged this with IT. The work colleague doesnt have the IT skills to arrange or do such a thing so I suspect this - or him in cahoots with the IT dept.

What should I do?? Should I speak to the head of my dept? (Who probably has no idea). Should I speak to IT and ask who authorised this? HR? Or should I keep shtum? Will speaking out risk my contract? I am livid, but need to deal with this is a calm manner...
 
jamoor - there is nothing top secret, but there is such a thing as privacy esp to a work colleague on the same pay grade.
 
Christo said:
jamoor - there is nothing top secret, but there is such a thing as privacy esp to a work colleague on the same pay grade.
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how is he on the same 'pay grade' if you're a contractor?

I'd be a bit miffed too if any personal details were communicated via e-mail though.. i.e. stuff about your pay/daily rate... that really should be completely separate and confidential as far as co workers are concerned

if it is purely just day to day work related stuff then less so but still worth getting sorted
 
Poop in your inbox?

did I do it right?




fretted said:
Surely you speak to your manager first and ask why this has happened?
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Ahh yes, ask the person who is buddies with and you suspect to be in cahoots with your colleague, this is a great plan ;)
 
I would just go in and remove the permission. If it wont allow me, I would phone IT and get them to remove it then move on with my life and worry about real stuff like paying bills etc.
 
Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.

i'd wager it is a mistake and this guy has no idea he can even view your inbox.
 
Plot twist: the other colleague is one of us and has set up an inbox with the express intention of sending a digital poop picture to our dear OP :(

the calls are coming from inside the house!
 
Surely you must have an IT department that will deal with these types of things? Wouldn't even bother going to your manager as it's unlikely he'll be able to do anything apart from advise you who to speak to.

IT should at least be able to reconfigure it, or tell you why someone else has access to your mailbox.
 
Tefal said:
Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.

i'd wager it is a mistake and this guy has no idea he can even view your inbox.
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This pretty much, had it a few times where the guy has no idea he has access and doesn't really want/need it anyway.
 
Thought I'd ask this one. You were adding an additional inbox into your outlook account? Thought with companies they preferred the IT guys to do everything for you when 'messing' with company property? I realise its a straightforward thing you were doing but surely if there are the IT guys available everything goes through them and you wouldn't have discovered that someone else has permission to access your inbox?
 
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Read your employment contract and the IT policy. There may well be some details in there that inform you that your email/calls/web visits are monitored.

Make sure you know some facts before going off half-cocked.
 
Just because he has permissions, doesn't means he knows he has the permission and has your inbox open on his outlook client. By all means kick off and post the outcome, it will be hilarious.
 
If the colleague has permission, I find it hard to believe that he doesn't know about it. You have to physically change the Manage Full Access Permission property and add a user account to it. Either that, or someone else added the colleague for them, but then why would they not tell them about it? Again, it's unlikely the colleague isn't aware of the access, BUT it's still possible he hasn't added it or snooped through emails (seems pointless, though, with the access in the first place).

As above...Kick off and let us know the outcome :p
 
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