[Gllug] MS Exchange - groupware replacement

[Geo]

On Thursday 06 August 2009 16:04:37 Alain Williams wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 06, 2009 at 03:55:21PM +0100, Jason Clifford wrote:
> > On Thu, 2009-08-06 at 15:37 +0100, Geo wrote:
> > > Do you really want Uncle Sam's snoops getting access to the private
> > > writing of a british  based company ?
> >
> > The same could be said for any online service. Doesn't mean it actually
> > happens.
>
> It depends on how ''interesting'' you are.
>
> > > Better check the legality of your actions before commiting
> >
> > Are there any such legal restrictions? Other than those specific to
> > national security (where it seems the norm is to simplify matters by
> > copying sensitive materials to a usb stick or CDROM and abandoning it in
> > public) I don't think there are any legal limits on outsourcing such
> > systems.

Humans are humans no matter who they work for, ie they make mistakes, it is 
just that the MOD / banks and the like are far higher profile and thus "sell 
news print" when such mistakes happen.

>
> Data protection. If your email contains personal information then you must
> keep it inside the UK/EU - and definitely away from the USA which has poor
> personal data protection laws -- regardless of Uncle Sam snooping at it
> anyway.
>
> If you are a solicitor then you must show ''due diligence'' in guarding
> customer privacy.

Something I think any right minded individual should learn to do 
>
> Remember: a lot of email is between individuals in the *same* company, so
> it would not have been through the big nasty Internet anyway - unless you
> outsource to google/...

My point precisely
>
> In my customer's case: a web based solution is not desirable since they are
> in the styx with not great Internet speeds, so continually downloading
> email (every time that it is read) would be slower that just receiving it
> once and serving up locally.
>
> --
> Alain Williams
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