My company's current policy is the same. I am writing one that would allow occasional use. Otherwise, they do not enforce it until they want to get rid of someone - and IMHO that is selective discipline.
-----Original Message----- From: Tim Heagarty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 8:47 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: e-mail policies The email policies that I have written don't have any leeway for personal communications. Any and all messages contained within the system are the property of the company and may be read by an administrator in the normal course of their duties. Absolutely no email of a personal nature should ever be transmitted using the corporate email system. Now, we all know that personal email is going to be transmitted, and by some employees that's all that will EVER get transmitted. But, the statement is out there, the employee had to sign it and if they ignore it and put their personal information through our system, and they will, then the decision is theirs and not from the company. Tim Heagarty MCSE, MCP+I "There are only 10 kinds of people in the world, those that understand binary, and those that don't." Work: (928) 636-0489 Cell: (928) 533-9690 -----Original Message----- From: pablo gietz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 12:03 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: e-mail policies Dear gurus We are defining policies for the use of corporate e-mail, I have doubts about privacy of messages sent by employees. Since the e-mail system is intended for business use, we need to prevent sensitive information disclosure. If we respect the privacy , how can discover infidelity employee? What is your opinion or the standard in this cases? What is the companies approach? Thanks a lot. -- Pablo A. C. Gietz Jefe de Seguridad Informática Nuevo Banco de Entre Ríos S.A. Te.: 0343 - 4201351