Re: Company vs Privacy (was Re: Gartner Group: DO NOT USE IIS!)

[Chris Rehm <javadisciple@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thursday 27 September 2001 04:55 pm, thomas@inorbit.com wrote:
> Walden:
>
> On Thu, 27 September 2001, "Walden H. Leverich" wrote:
>
> > You write, "If it's intended private and personal, then the *content* is
> > private and personal." And I don't disagree with that, but how is the
> > company to know if it's private w/o looking?

> The value of public discussions such as this is partly that employers can
> get a feel for what employees in general might think and how they'd react.
> If it works well, a balance is reached eventually.

Well, I am very big on employers NOT being able to snoop in private emails,
but here is the reason I see their need to: Employers can be held liable for
what is in those emails if they _don't_ check. Aside from the fact that
employers pay for all the time and bandwidth soaked up, it turns out that if
their employees are swapping child porn or plans to commit terrorism or
something, the company can be held liable for facilitating the crimes.

> Tom Liotta

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