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From: mickelp@fog.CS.ORST.EDU (MICKEL PAUL MYRON)
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Subject: Re: E-mail Privacy
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Date: 29 May 91 05:26:36 GMT
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In article <917@lhdsy1.chevron.com> yzarn@lhdsy1.chevron.com (Philip Yzarn de Louraille) writes:
>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.
>
>-- 
>  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

I attempted to send this question via email, but was unsuccessful. I was
wondering where these articles came from. It would seem that the jursi-
diction of the decisions you mentioned would be important, at least to
me anyway, since different states have different laws concering privay. 
You can send via response via email, unless you feel that it is in the
interest of the group as a whole.


Many Thanks

(Disclaimer: who would claim any of my own opinions :-) )


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Paul M. Mickel				mickelp@prism.cs.orst.edu