On Mon, Apr 16, 2001 at 10:27:31PM -0400, Nathan J. Mehl wrote: > Amusing side-note: once upon a time, I was the Postmaster and sr. ... remind me never to employ you or your company in a role that may even hint at a level of confidentiality or privacy to customers. This does bring up an interesting side issue: does *anyone* out there providing hosted e-mail declare a level of confidentialily and not claim ownership of content ? The two are separate questions... the latter being a snide dig at the recent Passport T&Cs. Anyone with views / opinions from the UK and Europe (we have data protection laws - not a snide comment, but a fact that changes what you can put in T&Cs) would be more than welcome. For those outside Europe, bottom line is that the "identifiable living individual" owns the data, not the collector or processor. Relevance ? E-Mail hosting in our case also includes mail lists. Anyone being tempted to raise the issues of illegal materials as emotive references, be aware that various other laws then override the one above and give the authorities plenty of power over examining contents - usually without any warrant. rgds, -- Peter Galbavy Knowledge Matters Ltd http://www.knowledge.com/
