Dear Paul,
I don't engage in flame mail, as I'm sure other long-time members of
this list can tell you - if you took it that way, I can only
apologise. The reason I didn't send the original response to the list
is because I wasn't sure that the mail package I was using was using
the address with which I am registered (it is) - otherwise I would have
sent it to the list, as with this one. If we're on the subject of
etiquette, sending a private correspondence to a public list isn't very
polite either :-)
I was attempting to make a serious point here, and that is that most
firms (and universities and councils) have their own internal rule set,
which users are expected to abide by, in addition to the law, breach of
which often has serious disciplinary consequences.
So, in answer to your semi-rhetorical question, yes, I did read the
original question - and in the context of the examples you then used,
"This is backed up by various policies and procedures on DP, Computer
Security, E-mail and Internet."
which are all IT related and not necessarily all "law", I was merely
pointing out that to warn users that they have an obligation to obey
the law is only doing half the job of informing them of the rules that
will apply to them in the course of their employment, and that for the
sake of 5-7 extra words you could be a little more explicit.
Yours
Andrew
Andrew Charlesworth
Senior Research Fellow in IT and Law
Director, Centre for IT and Law
Department of Law/Department of Computer Science
University of Bristol
Wills Memorial Building
Queens Road
Bristol BS8 1RJ
> This is bordering on flame mail.
>
> I can see why you didn't want to send this response to the newsgroup
> -
> didn't read the original question properly did you! ;0
>
> Fiona asked "Does any body have, that they would be willing to share,
> a
> snappy one-liner
> to go on all job descriptions to cover Data Protection and
> associated
> legislation and their adherence to??"
>
> The Teignbridge DC Computer User Policy is not the law! If only I had
> that
> power - perhaps not.
>
> This group is about open discussion - it isn't there for you to take
> an
> electronic pop at people. Luckily I'm not the sensitive type.
>
> Have a nice day.
>
> Paul Lightowlers
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [log in to unmask]
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 16 July 2002 13:21
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Job descriptions
>
>
> So downloading "Page 3-type pictures" (not proscribed by law) and
> non-
> copyright-infringing MP3 and mpeg files (Star Wars trailers at
> 25MB/throw), as well as sending spam e-mails (not currently illegal)
> is
> OK at Teignbridge District Council? Shouldn't that be "As an
> employee
> of Teignbridge District Council you are expected to abide by the law
> (and Teignbridge District Council computer user policies)?
>
> Quoting Paul Lightowlers <[log in to unmask]>:
>
> > Fiona,
> >
> > The Teignbridge one-liner states "As an employee of Teignbridge
> > District
> > Council you are expected to abide by the law.". This is backed up
> by
> > various
> > policies and procedures on DP, Computer Security, E-mail and
> Internet
> > usage,
> > etc.
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