I do agree that opening mail not expreslly marked as "private and
confidential" is in the businesses interest. My employer currently opens
ALL mail regardless of marking, however consider this - if an employee is
off work ill and sends a doctors certificate to their boss (perhaps for a
very private and potentially embarassing illness), if this mail is marked
"private and confidential" or "addressee only" is it appropriate for someone
in the mail room to have sight of this message?.
My point is should our organisations be reviewing these policies in light of
the Human Rights Bill??
Paul
-----Original Message-----
From: Paula Leon [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 09 February 2001 10:15
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Mail
Martin,
just to add:
I cannot see where consent would be required, as the post belongs to the
organisation anyway, because it should relate to business.
What would happen if some staff did not give consent, what would happen to
the post, if they were sick etc, may this well hinder the business itself.
perhaps need to let staff know that mail will be opened, unless marked
"private and confidential".
.....also where I work any personal letters directed to an employee from the
business, are as standard ,sent to the employees work/correspondence address
e.g letter from personnel re: pay,sickness, disciplinary etc
[log in to unmask]
>>> Martin Tubbs <[log in to unmask]> 09/02/01 08:39:35 >>>
Hypothetically, if an organisation decided it wanted to open all the mail it
received (except that marked private & confidential) in its post room, would
it be at liberty to do that without obtaining consent from the staff?
Any comments would be most welcome.
Martin
==============================================================
This electronic communication (and any attachment) is intended for the
above named only. It may contain Private / Confidential information. If it
has come to you in error, please take no action based upon it and neither
read it or copy it, nor cause its contents to be disclosed to others. If
you realise an error has been made (or we notify you of an error) please
completely delete / destroy all electronic / hard copies and phone us (at
our expense) to let us know this has been done.
==============================================================
_____________________________________________________________________
This message has been checked for all known viruses by UUNET delivered
through the MessageLabs Virus Control Centre. For further information visit
http://www.uk.uu.net/products/security/virus/
_____________________________________________________________________
This message has been checked for all known viruses by UUNET delivered
through the MessageLabs Virus Control Centre. For further information visit
http://www.uk.uu.net/products/security/virus/
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
If you wish to leave this list please send the command
leave data-protection to [log in to unmask]
All user commands can be found at : -
www.jiscmail.ac.uk/user-manual/summary-user-commands.htm
all commands go to [log in to unmask] not the list please!
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
If you wish to leave this list please send the command
leave data-protection to [log in to unmask]
All user commands can be found at : -
www.jiscmail.ac.uk/user-manual/summary-user-commands.htm
all commands go to [log in to unmask] not the list please!
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
