 |
 |
The statement I quoted is not only about mail or, if it is, it isn't written very well. It clearly states that it is about "information content...stored" [for our purposes, on a computer]. This could include mail, but it also includes other things such as documents, reports, data, etc. that an employee has prepared for the department as part of his or her job. Then the statement compares this to two things. The first is communications and the second is written and graphic content. So the way I read it is that email stored on a computer will have the same privacy as traditional mail, and that other content (such as the reports etc. that I mention) will have the same privacy as if they were in the employee's file drawer. This, of course, means that the employer can go and get them at any time without approval from the employee. At 05:29 PM 3/30/2005, Linda Losik wrote: >I would suggest that you reconsider what the statement about mail means. > > >It is a federal offense to open some else's mail without their approval. >As with the old AUP, the SAU ensures that email is private. And under >current copyright laws anything you create (such as email) belongs to >you and not your employer if no written agreement transcends the law. >For example: many companies have you sign a statement when you hire in >that all documents created by you belong to the company. > >And in answer to your questions: not really. > >-----Original Message----- >From: MSU Network Administrators Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On >Behalf Of Chris Wolf >Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 4:38 PM >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] AUP > >At 03:27 PM 3/30/2005, Bosman, Don wrote: > >(I would also point out a very interesting sentence in the draft SAU: >"Users have the right to expect that the information content created, >stored, and transported within information technologies will be granted >the same degree of privacy as communications and written and graphic >content using traditional paper and telephonic media." Doesn't that say >that if the department has the right to look at things in the employee's >filing cabinet that they also have the right to look at things on the >employee's computer? Does this mean the proposed SAU is looser than the >current one, with less guarantee of privacy?) > > >--Chris >============================================== >Chris Wolf Computer Service Manager >Agricultural Economics [log in to unmask] >Michigan State University 517 353-5017 --Chris ============================================== Chris Wolf Computer Service Manager Agricultural Economics [log in to unmask] Michigan State University 517 353-5017