What to do if I resigned from my company a few weeks ago but the company is still using my email address which contains my name?
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What to do if I resigned from my company a few weeks ago but the company is still using my email address which contains my name?
I contacted the HR deptartment and they said OK but they only blocked my personal email that I was using to check the status of my company email. Is this legal? Can I protect my name from being used in this manner? What happens if negative emails are being sent out via my old email address?
Asked on March 14, 2012 under Employment Labor Law, Massachusetts
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FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
Unfortunately for you, there vreally is nothing that you can do legally with respect to your former work e mail address. The reason is that employer's after an employee leaves his or her position with the company typically keep the former employee's e mail open as a matter of custom and practice to ascertain any communication coming into that address as a business practice.
As to negative e mails being sent out from your former work e mail address, there really is not much that you can do about that either. Typically the employer has an employee/employer manual stating that the employer owns that e mail address.
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