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December 10, 2006
Nettkatalogen - norwegian internet catalog sends letter to my boss

In 2004 I wrote in my norwegian blog about the norwegian internet catalog Nettkatalogen and their phone sales staff making unsustainable and false claims (Norwegian blog: Nettkatalogen bedriver useriøst telefonsalg) when trying to sell their service. I thought the sales pitch was so bad that I just had to blog about it.

Almost to the day two years later they have their lawyer write up a letter and tell my boss about my blogging of the incident. (Norwegian blog: Nettkatalogen skrev brev til arbeidsgiveren min)

The letter is headlined "Blog of employee" and among other states that they think my blogging is against the ethic guidelines of the Norwegian Union of Journalists (!). I guess the letter is more of a try to put pressure on my through my employer rather than addressing any kind of legally sanction able situation in my blogging of the lack of seriousness of their sales staff...

Fortunately I am pretty safe in my job, but I can see how a letter from a lawyer could be of serious consequence for a lot of bloggers.

If you have had a similar experience with lawyers getting in touch with your employer for things you have written in your own personal blog I would love to hear from you.

Posted by jarle at 07:10 PM