Gordon Hunt wrote that solicitors had advised the Royal Scottish Academy of
Music and Drama that their Internet/email policy should include:
> "employees and students should be aware that there is no
> legitimate expectation of privacy in their use of the telephone
> system or the internet and email systems at work."
Good for them, I say!
Organisations invest considerable sums of money in the provision of
computer-based equipment and services for business-related communication and
information retrieval purposes and I have never understood why employees
should be allowed even limited access to such systems for any kind of
personal use, especially where taxpayers money is involved.
--
Graham Smith
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