Re: Opening Mail

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On 10/13/05, Amanda wrote:
> At work, i'm in a 401k plan. I receive a quarterly
> statement, that is addressed to me, in a personal &
> confidential envelope. But is sent in bulk to my office,
> and is distributed at work, so it never actually goes
> through the mail.. I'm assuming everyones quarterly comes
> in 1 big envelope to the Accounting mgr.
>
> I received my quarterly statement and it was opened.. Now,
> it does read personal & confidential & addressed to me. It
> was obviously opened by the Acct mgr.
>
> Is this illegal? And what can i do about it> being it
> really never went through the mail, if that matters

No and No again! Anything sent to your employer's address is
theirs and they have every right to open it.

If you wish it to remain private, have it sent to your home
address.