Private Browsing is relatively meaningless in a network environment. As I understand it, all it does it prevent any local record being taken of internet activity. Fine in a domestic environment (two extremes that spring to mind are buying a spouse a surprise present or googling how to escape an abusive relationship) but in a network environment you should have a server record of traffic going to and from a particular machine, complete with user ID.
So the question becomes do you want to enable private browsing and your employees thinking they can do whatever they want, or disable private browsing so they know that potentially their browsing history can be monitored? In practice I've found that no one has the time to investigate a staff member's browsing history unless a colleague has already flagged concerns. Regards Will Will Spratt IT Science Support Specialist Tel: 01904 46 2631 -----Original Message----- From: Enterprise [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chris Puttick Sent: 16 August 2016 11:41 To: Kaply Consulting Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Mozilla Enterprise] Why folks need to disable private browsing... Schools: same reason as parents +cyber-bullying evidence +other risks Enterprises & govt, other than security concerns, same reason as parents, +insider trading, stock pumping et al audit trail Regards Chris On 16 August 2016 at 11:28, Kaply Consulting <[email protected]> wrote: > When I'm explaining to people why governments, schools, enterprises, etc. > want to disable things in Firefox, most of the things (Sync, Developer > Tools) are easy, but I have trouble explaining why someone (other than > a parent :) ) would want to disable private browsing. > > For folks that do disable private browsing within their organization, > are there legal, regulatory or other reasons to disable private > browsing? Or is it just preference? > > Thanks for your input. > > Mike Kaply > > _______________________________________________ > Enterprise mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/enterprise > > To unsubscribe from this list, please visit > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/enterprise or send an email to > [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe" -- Chris Puttick +44 7908 997 146 CP1 Associates Limited Company no. 7499788 Regd Office: The Studio Witney Lakes Resort, Downs Road, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX29 0SY @putt1ck putt1ck.blogspot.com skype: putt1ck _______________________________________________ Enterprise mailing list [email protected] https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/enterprise To unsubscribe from this list, please visit https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/enterprise or send an email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe" _______________________________________________ Enterprise mailing list [email protected] https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/enterprise To unsubscribe from this list, please visit https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/enterprise or send an email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe"
