On Wed, 2002-04-17 at 14:12, Craig R Hughes wrote: > > Right, so you can opt out of having your email monitored by not working for that > company. Also, I'm not sure whether there is yet any precedent on whether such > clauses are legal. I would not say it's 99.9% of companies either, perhaps some > high percentage of high-tech companies that even realize it's an issue, and > which aren't part of the government, where different rules on things like that > tend to apply. My basic NAL knowledge of the law would lead me to think any > government system (including most schools) would be treading on very thin ice if > they monitored your communications without your explicit consent, or without > offering you the option of not being monitored. > I don't know about other government systems, but military systems are subject to monitoring at all times, and most of them are required to have labels on the monitor that say so. There is no way for you to opt out of the monitoring short of quitting your job (assuming you are a civilian and even have that option). Many companies do have a policy that permits them to read email on their network, and in cases where a company does not have a policy, most states have held that they have that right because it's their network (IANAL, check http://law.freeadvice.com/intellectual_property/computer_law/email_privacy.htm)
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