Our company employee directive is: 'We reserve the right to monitor telephone, email and internet use. Any abuse of these systems may result in disciplinary action.' Meaning that the contents are theirs to do with what they like. I guess I've always assumed this is a standard and fair principle.
I accept that things need to be monitored as long as contents are not aired publicly if you have sent something with the assertion that you are using a Personal (or Private ... interpretation?) service.
I think Frank is going the right way as this is a messaging system which is not Personal.
If someone decides to publicly display what you intended to be private/personal it says more about the person than the system.
... If someone decides to publicly display what you intended to be private/personal it says more about the person than the system.
Does it?
I don't think you can be so black and white on the issue.
IMO it depends on the contents, the nature of it and who it's from. I would view it in that context but agree that it would be the norm to keep it private and a last resort type action to make it public.
I'm with TP on this. It depends of content. General data protection rule of thumb would be race, politics, religion, health, sex, financial, is taboo. Publicising recipes for shepherds pie is ok. There's a whole grey area. What one person thinks is sensitive, another could see as fair game.
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