Re: monitoring web-based email
Curtis Vaughan wrote:
Yeh, I was afraid that the encrypted factor would cause problems. As
for legality, it would be interesting to know what other people know,
but it is my understanding that: whereas the computers belong to the
business, all activities carried out on that computer are the
property of the company. This is precisely why email, internet
activity, etc. can all be legally monitored by a business as long as
such activity is carried out within the business' LAN and on the
business' computers. For example, when auditors from a hired
accounting firm come in, then I don't we would have the legal basis
for monitoring their computers or their traffic.
Curtis
Not only is it a legal issue, but a moral issue. Not directed at you
since this was not your decision as you stated. But when are people
going to learn that treating their employees like a bunch of kids is a
sure fire way to make any of them with marketable skills to hit the
road? If they hired them based on their qualifications and their
character, can they not be trusted to do what they are supposed to do?
I'm not saying don't monitor things to make sure they aren't doing
anything wrong or spending excessive amounts of time doing something
that keeps them from work. Just talking about the practice of playing
the hand of god on everybodys daily routine. That is all.
-Mike
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