Re: Monitoring User!!

From: Gary Smith (bitbucket_at_example.com)
Date: 01/07/05 

Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2005 16:40:39 -0800

Neil Shaw <neil@nshaw.co.uk> wrote:
> Incidentally, what are the legal implications of this sort of thing? I
> suspect human rights will come into it somewhere, so be careful.

The company owns the computer. The company sets the policy and has the
legal right to monitor all activity and read all files and communications.
The company has no legal obligation to inform the employee of such
monitoring, but it's generally considered ethical to do so. The employee
has no right to privacy, and if the company has published an acceptable
use policy, the employee has no defense if that policy is violated. 

-- 
Gary L. Smith                gls432@yahoo.com
Columbus, Ohio

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