From: Information Security <guy@panix.com>
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From: Information Security <guy@panix.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 1998 20:19:27 -0800 (PST)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Regulators back down on SEC/NASD email snooping rules
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> From: Don "Free Radical" McLean <declan@well.com>
> Date: Thu, 12 Feb 1998 14:27:19 -0800 (PST)
> Subject: Regulators back down on SEC/NASD email snooping rules
>
> Last Friday I wrote in Netly about the SEC approving rules dealing with
> email snooping on home computers and the potential privacy violations:
>
> http://cgi.pathfinder.com/netly/opinion/0,1042,1731,00.html
>
> These rules were to take effect on February 15. Now, citing "concerns that
> have been voiced," the NASD has backed down and is considering changes.
>
> Score one for privacy, or at least a more cautious approach.
Damn, wish I could affect the real world too.
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The "cautious approach" is simply ordering all employees
to send work-related email via the company systems.
---guy
Where I can monitor it.
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