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    Employers Monitor Outgoing EMail (Be Careful People)

    http://www.news14charlotte.com/content/ ... 86&SecID=2

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    Employers monitor outgoing e-mail

    I dont have to worry because I'm no longer employed outside the home. But some of you should know this about a company's right to view your emails.

    6/13/2005 7:00 PM
    By: Annette Newell, News 14 Carolina

    Companies estimate almost one in four outgoing e-mails poses a legal, financial or regulatory risk.

    CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Incoming e-mail often causes concern because of the dangers of computer viruses. But new research shows some companies are even more concerned about the dangers of outgoing e-mail messages.

    Vice President and General Manager Pat O'Brien explains how each of several cages at Charlotte's Peak 10 Data Center Solutions holds one company's information. The information includes e-mails that dozens of companies are reading and screening. The messages are from their own employees.

    Research of more than 300 companies found that more than a third will hire staff to read or analyze outbound e-mail.
    “You have to have a grip around what your employees are sending, who they're sending it to and why they're sending it,� O’Brien said.

    Research of more than 300 companies found that more than a third will hire staff to read or analyze outbound e-mail. Companies estimate almost one in four outgoing e-mails poses a legal, financial or regulatory risk, and more than one in four have fired an employee for violating e-mail policies in the last year.

    Michael Byrnes is the CEO of Charlotte-based M3 Technology Group, an e-mail provider for companies. He says many companies have to save e-mails because of laws passed since the Enron and WorldCom scandals.

    “They are required in many cases – by law if they're a public company – to review those e-mails and store those e-mails for sometimes up to three years,� Byrnes said.

    That advice does not just apply to your PC users; employers are also entitled to monitor messages sent with a Blackberry.
    Technology researchers estimate that by next year, American businesses will be sending out 35 billion e-mails every day, meaning e-mail is actually more important to business now than phone service.

    That means all employees need to think twice before clicking “send."

    “The e-mail that you're using – your company's e mail – is not yours,� Byrnes said. “It's the company's and the company has every right to read and access that e-mail.�

    “Everything you ever needed to learn you learned in kindergarten: Leave things as you found them, don't send out things you don't think other people should find out about your company or about employees and don't send rumors out,� O’Brien said.

    That advice does not just apply to your PC users. Employers are also entitled to monitor messages sent with a Blackberry.

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    yep, know of a couple local gov. folks who have lost jobs in the past of this.
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    I know all about it. The mighty General (GE) was the original big brother when it came to email. There is so much liability attached to it, that companies have decided they have to maintain strict control.

    It is best to do your political work from a home machine, unless you are real cozy with the boss.
    When we gonna wake up?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Scarecrow
    I know all about it. The mighty General (GE) was the original big brother when it came to email. There is so much liability attached to it, that companies have decided they have to maintain strict control.

    It is best to do your political work from a home machine, unless you are real cozy with the boss.
    This is nothing new. Yes, do your political stuff from home.
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    Never used my work e-mail either ingoing or outgoing for this or political stuff but that is a very good tip!
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