I would agree. We supply a service and process the data stream according to policy, ours or theirs. What they do with the information afterwards is entirely up to them. In fact, any action or change on our part to manipulate the information presented to the client would be unethical in itself.
John Tolmachoff MCSE, CSSA IT Manager, Network Engineer RelianceSoft, Inc. Fullerton, CA 92835 www.reliancesoft.com > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:Declude.JunkMail- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Madscientist > Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 4:36 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [Declude.JunkMail] A Question of Ethics > > 1. We are providing the data as a necessary service - the decisions about > how that data is applied are out of our hands. I would hope that they would > be used in an enlightened way, and in our shop we do that - however the > discretion and the definition of "enlightened" is up to the ultimate "owner" > (see 2) of those facilities. > > 2. In corporate and similar environments, the facilities provided to > employees are entirely under the domain of the owners (==> those paying the > bills) and therefore they are entitled to monitor anything about those > facilities and how they are used. > > My $0.02 > > _M > > ]-----Original Message----- > ]From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ][mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dan Patnode > ]Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 7:20 PM > ]To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ]Subject: [Declude.JunkMail] A Question of Ethics > ] > ] > ]I realize this is two questions in one day, but its a slow list day, so: > ] > ]Rather than deleting spam, I forward it tagged or to a shared > ]mailbox, clients choice. I just found out that within a week of > ]starting my my anti spam service (delivery choice 2), a company > ]fired an employee for receiving tons of porn via email. They also > ]have web monitoring in place so this was the last piece to their > ]puzzle, but... > ] > ]How does everyone feel about our role playing Big Brother against > ]employees? > ] > ] > ]Dan > ] > ] > ]--- > ][This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus > (http://www.declude.com)] > > --- > This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To > unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and > type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found > at http://www.mail-archive.com. > > --- > [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] > > --- > This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To > unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and > type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found > at http://www.mail-archive.com. --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com.
