An anonymous employee was recently fired. Their business laptop was taken away from them immediately. On the fired employees business laptop was access to their private email (not on company email server). A gmail notifier on the companys computer menu bar to be exact. Can the company legally access the former employees private email since it's on their computer? The private emails wouldn't be in plain site but the company would be able to get access to the private emails through a couple clicks on their computer. So I'm just wondering if this is legal and if the company can use these private emails in court? Thanks in advance.

