No, but the email is not set up for personal use - not private
conversations - any transaction between them and a third-party can be said
to concern them.
It is inadvisable for colleagues within an organisation to speak
unprofessionally about a third party within or without the organisation. I
would use my account if I wanted to have a "personal" conversation with
someone whilst at work. At least I imagine it evades the systems that you
are referring to - and certainly could not be the subject of an FoI or DP
request.
In fact, it has occurred to me that someone could have a "private"
conversation with an employee of a public organisation - and then request
the emails under FoI and show that the employee had been indiscrete about
their own employer - possibly at the urging of the person outside the
organisation - a set-up, if you like.
The person outside the organisation wouldn't suffer - but it could lead to
disciplinary action being taken against the employee.
Nick Landau
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Trent" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 5:24 PM
Subject: Re: [data-protection] Email quarantine systems
> My mate's employer is not my employer, though. Thus I do not consent to
> this processing because I am not subject to their policies. And the first
> quarantining was on my inbound mail to them, without notice.
>
> They also work in an environment where formal and informal words for (eg)
> body parts are used often, and can trigger the quarantine for normal
> professional emails
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Broom, Doreen
> Sent: 25 October 2006 17:20
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [data-protection] Email quarantine systems
>
> I would suggest that your employer and your mate's employer will no doubt
> have a Policy on Use of E-Mail etc. and no doubt it should not be used for
> personal use (even although some of it may be business)but if you do
> choose
> to send a semi-personal e-mail then surely that is your choice and perhaps
> even consent....
> Sorry - it's been a long day.
> Doreen
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Tim Trent
> Sent: 25 October 2006 17:16
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Email quarantine systems
>
> I have someone I correspond with regularly on business matters. We are
> also
> good friends and digress. We unashamedly "Futz" (A Gartner term meaning
> do
> things that are not employment based) from time to time, in a manner
> similar
> to a long distance water cooler conversation.
>
> Sometimes our emails contain words that their content filter picks up and
> rejects. Oddly these are not the blacklist words one might expect.
> Several words, used often enough in the text, cause the emails to be
> quarantined.
> This happens frequently.
>
> This means that my personal data is logged on their employer's system as a
> persistent "quarantine offender". I'm willing to bet that this is
> recorded
> in some database within their email system. I have not been informed of
> this - I am assuming.
>
> I have not given permission for my details to be stored in this manner.
>
> The question is, "Does this break any part of the DPA?"
>
> I absolutely do not consent to this processing.
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