Xref: utzoo comp.admin.policy:210 comp.unix.admin:2088 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!uunet!drivax!braun From: braun@dri.com (Kral) Newsgroups: comp.admin.policy,comp.unix.admin Subject: Re: E-mail Privacy Message-ID: Date: 1 Jun 91 15:57:07 GMT Article-I.D.: dri.AHS32Y6 References: <15110@ccncsu.ColoState.EDU> <1991May30.203700.25025@amd.com> <9tnh_wg@rpi.edu> Organization: Digital Research Inc Lines: 19 In article <9tnh_wg@rpi.edu> rodney@sun.ipl.rpi.edu (Rodney Peck II) writes: >I think so -- since the sender didn't bother to make himself a CC, he's >really just out of luck. If I fax something to you as my employee and >throw away the original, can I rummage through your office when you are >fired to get a copy of the fax? no. How is strolling through the >backup tapes any different? I really wish people would ask their Personnel and/or Legal departments before posting stuff like this. If you keep personal stuff in/on company property, then (*unless* you've been led to believe otherwise) it is *not* private. This has been held up on many occasions in court, and makes perfect sense, at least to me. I don't see how this can be construed as an invasion of privacy. That's what *personal* property is for (*your* personal property, now someone else's). -- kral * 408/647-6112 * ...!uunet!drivax!braun * braun@dri.com "Talking trash, touching on truth" -- Micheal Hedges "1-900-I-LUV-YOU"