On 2000-10-04 at 13:46 +0100, Nigel Metheringham gifted us with:
> Easy come, easy go...
>
> http://www.dti.gov.uk/cii/annexa.htm
> http://www.dti.gov.uk/cii/lbpresponse.htm
>
> Short version. Any company can monitor whatever they like on their
> mail/phone systems as long as they can make a half decent excuse.
Easy come again - it looks like the Data Protection Commissioner doesn't
agree, although I'm not sure where exactly her mandate for this topic
comes from. Wasn't the DPC changed several months back? In which case,
I'm impressed that a UK regulator has been appointed who actually does
their job, over a predecessor who didn't. Usually it's the other way
around - start good, then quietly replace with people who'll keep quiet.
<
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/13854.html>
"The government's new rules on employers being allowed to
monitor their staff's email have been contradicted by the
Data Protection Commissioner Elizabeth France, who intends
to produce a Code of Practice condemning it."
[...]
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