All, it's gratifying to hear that our prohibitive policy is not unusual.
Hypothetically, if the virus risk was low or negligible, would there be suffiicient justification in the privacy/inappropriate disclosure and "business records" arguments to warrant continuation of the restrictions? This may depend somewhat on the legal requirements in respective countries, and industries (eg health), but seems to stack up regardless of legislative requirements. As an aside, I have built a reasonably comprehensive list of free webmail URL's that we block. I'd be happy to clean this up and make it available to any one who'd like to make use of it. Thanks, Innes Fisher Manager, Information Security Capital and Coast District Health Board Private Bag 7902 Wellington, New Zealand Ph: +64-4-385-5999 ext 5768 Fx: +64-4-385-5815 Ce: +64-025-241-2557 www.wnhealth.co.nz CC DHB Secure Mail Server ******************************************************************************** This email or attachment(s) may contain confidential or legally privileged information intended for the sole use of the addressee(s). Any use, redistribution, disclosure, or reproduction of this message, except as intended, is prohibited. If you received this email in error, please notify the sender and remove all copies of the message, including any attachments. Any views or opinions expressed in this email (unless otherwise stated) may not represent those of Capital and Coast District Health Board. (AC_S001) [INFO] -- Virus Manager: No Viruses were detected in this message. ********************************************************************************
