Security and Rights [was Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] I PASSED... I'm an LCA]

[Chris Cox]

Listen to Jeremy on this one!

If anything you do resides on a hard drive, even a spool or queue
on your company's equipment... it's theirs!!

If it's encrypted data, they can extract it, and sick a kazillion
machines on decrypting your message if they want to.

For most folks, it won't matter if the company sees what
they write or receive... but YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!

<extremism>
If you really want to be secure, go see your friend
face-to-face... make sure the room isn't bugged...
and enjoy a pleasant conversation :-)
</extremism>

I think the best approach is to keep what you say and
do above reproach so that you have no fear of
those in authority (I wish I wrote that... 10 points
for correct answer)

Regards,
Chris

Jeremy Blosser wrote:
> 
> Ted B Dodd [tedbdodd at bigfoot.com] wrote:
> > On 1 Jun 2001, at 14:21, Chris Cox wrote:
> >
> > >> The law defines what a company is allowed to do
> > >> without getting sued.  It does not define things
> > >> like 'you must routinely invade your users' privacy
> > >> at any opportunity'.
> >
> > > Sounds good.  But incorrect.  Your email belongs to the
> > > company... not to you.  If you want more privacy, do not use
> > > the company's email facilities for your personal email.
> >
> > IANAL, so expand on this.  I use the Earthlink POP to get my
> > personal email using Pegasus on my company provided PC
> > workstation.  The corporate email system is Exchange-Server.  I
> > use the corporate SMTP to send my personal email from the
> > Pegasus email client.  What is the ownership status of that
> > email?
> 
> In most companies, if it crosses their network and/or is done on company
> time, it belongs to them.  In some companies, anything you do during the
> days you are employed by them, even on your own time and at your own house,
> belongs to them (cf. the case a couple years ago where an airline was
> allowed to search the hard drives of employees' home machines).
> 
> If in doubt, check your published corporate policy, and take it at its
> strongest possible wording; even if they don't say it there, they stand a
> good chance of getting anything they do with your activities on company
> time upheld.
> 
> --
> Jeremy Blosser
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