RE: Truth or Fiction - reading

[\"D. Clyde Williamson\" <D Clyde Williamson]

AFAIK -  it is legal (as in 'can be used in court') only 'if' the
users are alerted to the fact that there is no implied
privacy.... This needs to be in a login banner or signed policy, etc.


mouss writes:
 > HiTom,
 > 
 > At 13:44 21/09/00 +0100, Tom Fletcher wrote:
 > 
 > >I was under the impression that any files created during your employers 
 > >time on your employers computers were the intellectual property of the 
 > >employer.
 > >
 > >On another note, an ex-colleague of mine setup a profanity list to block 
 > >all "offensive" email being sent to his company. Having set this up he 
 > >continually read all the 'private' email that was blocked. I have to say I 
 > >thought reading email addressed to someone else was illegal, somewhat akin 
 > >to opening somebody else's postal mail. The company is based in the UK, is 
 > >it different in the US?
 > 
 > It is legal for the employer to read the email (in some countries, an 
 > explicit statement may be required).
 > But not every legal thing can be done. If the employees stop working 
 > because they don't like it, what can
 > a judge do here? fire'em all? this is already a bad thing for the company, 
 > but add to this the reputation
 > problem.
 > 
 > 
 > regards,
 > mouss
 > 
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