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From: yzarn@lhdsy1.chevron.com (Philip Yzarn de Louraille)
Newsgroups: comp.admin.policy,comp.unix.admin
Subject: Re: E-mail Privacy
Message-ID: <917@lhdsy1.chevron.com>
Date: 25 May 91 17:10:51 GMT
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Organization: Chevron Oil Field Research, La Habra, CA.
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I recently asked my boss about e-mail privacy and several days later he
forwarded to me some news articles which described several employees who
had sued their company because of "eavesdropping" on their e-mail which
they considered private. The employees lost. The couts sided with the
company: basically speaking, the computers, the network and their use
belong to the company. Since the employees also work for the company,
then they should not use e-mail fro private business/use.

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  Philip Yzarn de Louraille                 Internet: yzarn@chevron.com
  Research Support Division                 Unix & Open Systems
  Chevron Information & Technology Co.      Tel: (213) 694-9232
  P.O. Box 446, La Habra, CA 90633-0446     Fax: (213) 694-7709