On 18 Apr 02, at 9:35, Thomas Karlen wrote:
Before working for a school system I worked for the federal court
system and this is an issue that has been reviewed by the court on
many occassions; the end result was always the same.

        The network and email systems being used by employees are
the property of the business and as such the users email also
becomes the property of the business.  As a business owned
system, that business (including government/public owned offices)
has the right to review anything on thier system.  It really become a
question of ethics.

        Michael

>
> I am troubled by our willingness to abandon due process and  our rights to
> privacy in response to a new technology.  I am concerned that individuals
> could be targeted selectively and that IT staff could be coerced into
> spying on colleagues and in turn, become targets for litigation.
>
> Of course these are my paranoid musings and do not reflect the opinions or
> policies of my employers :)
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