[Gllug] OT Freedom

[George F. Saxby]

Hi,
 I know this is OT but this list I know from experience is very freedom & in 
particular data freedom aware.
  I was attending a meeting @ lunch time where a union rep stated that he was 
not allowed to use e-mail as part of his union activity within his employers 
intranet.  For instance he had to hand out a leaflet to make people aware of 
the meeting we were in as he could not bulk e-mail his fellow member within 
his own firm. Also that when he did try his mail was filtered or bounced.
	To my mind unless he signed an agreement on terms and conditions of use with 
regard to IT equipment ( he states he did not ) this kind of 
censorship,scanning etc is an invasion of privacy & therefor illegal.
     I would like to here some concrete terms of reference on this from those 
who as part of their job as sysadmins do scan e-mail ie for virus content etc 
and what law applies to this & what could be mistaken for invasion of privacy.

TIA

PS if you feel this is a bandwidth hog please reply directly


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               George F. Saxby
     


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