In a corporate setting a company may or may not have an Internet/email/conduct policy. If not, it may be very dificult to fire someone for conduct that they didn't agree to abide by and if it came to a lawsuit they would probably loose. In fact the company could loose twice. Once by someone who was offended by a fellow employees use of porn at the workplace and second by a wrongful termination suit by the offender. Many companies just added the Internet and email to the system without considering the concequences. Time to examine the company policies.
David > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Keith Purtell > Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 9:34 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Re[2]: DSN:Re: Re[2]: [Declude.JunkMail] A > Question of Ethics > > > The term "spyware" refers to software whose sole purpose is > to surreptitiously gather and transmit information about a > user. A firewall log is a neutral record of general internet > activity. Any reasonably informed adult who uses the internet > should understand their actions may be logged, in the same > way they understand a policeman might be watching them when > they drive their car down a road. Certain parts of our daily > activities are observed; that's a facet of urban life. What > matters is whether the prior intent of the observation is hostile. > > Keith Purtell, Web/Network Administrator > VantageMed Operations (Kansas City) > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email message, including any > attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) > and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any > unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is > prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please > contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of > the original message. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Darrell L. > > Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 8:33 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: Re[2]: DSN:Re: Re[2]: [Declude.JunkMail] A Question of > > Ethics > > > > > > I suppose you can say that any monitoring tool or piece of software > > could be spyware. I know in several instances where > employee's were > > let go or suspended due to inappropriate activity were > based solely on > > the analysis of firewall logs that record all internet > activity. In > > our Computer Security Policy we do not specifically say that the > > firewall is > > logging everyone's internet surfing activities. However in > > the computer > > security document it is spelled out that they are using company > > equipment and the company reserves the right to monitor any and all > > activity. > > > > Would you say in this instance that the tools (firewall > logging) used > > would be classified as "spyware"? > > > > Darrell > > > > > > > > > --- > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] > > --- > [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.
