New York Laws
Article 5 - Right of Privacy
52-C*2 - Employers Engaged in Electronic Monitoring; Prior Notice Required.

(b) For purposes of written notice required by paragraph (a) of this
subdivision, an employee shall be advised that any and all telephone
conversations or transmissions, electronic mail or transmissions, or
internet access or usage by an employee by any electronic device or
system, including but not limited to the use of a computer, telephone,
wire, radio or electromagnetic, photoelectronic or photo-optical systems
may be subject to monitoring at any and all times and by any lawful
means.
3. The attorney general may enforce the provisions of this section.
Any employer found to be in violation of this section shall be subject
to a maximum civil penalty of five hundred dollars for the first
offense, one thousand dollars for the second offense and three thousand
dollars for the third and each subsequent offense.
4. The provisions of this section shall not apply to processes that
are designed to manage the type or volume of incoming or outgoing
electronic mail or telephone voice mail or internet usage, that are not
targeted to monitor or intercept the electronic mail or telephone voice
mail or internet usage of a particular individual, and that are
performed solely for the purpose of computer system maintenance and/or
protection.
* NB There are 2 § 52-c's