I would say yes it does. I've always suggested that websites don't solicit
email which may contain personal data - actually not for the monitoring
issue, but because of the lack of security. I think if one actively invites
email by giving an email address on a website, it is prudent to put a
warning in place to the punter that their email could be read by lots of
people other than the addressee because Internet mail is not secure. It is
not safe to assume that the correspondent will be aware of this lack of
security. Better, of course, is to put in place a secure messaging system
such as most online banks seem to do these days.
On the monitoring front, advertisements for financial institutions' call
centres typically state that calls will be recorded and/or monitored.
Tim
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Tim Wright
Director - Technology Audit
Charles Schwab Europe
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-----Original Message-----
From: paula.leon [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 26 October 2000 17:01
To: Wright, Tim; [log in to unmask]
Subject: RE: Email monitoring
Interesting statement......does this also mean that both
parties in a E-Mail
correspondence should be made aware that by communicating
with X's E-Mail
address their data may also be subject to monitoring,
therefore giving the
person the choice as to whether they will communicate with
that person on
that specific E-Mail address, and if they choose to , at
least be conscious
of the contents they include.
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