Re: Packet sniffing problems

From: Walter Roberson (roberson_at_ibd.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca)
Date: 03/29/04

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    Date: 28 Mar 2004 22:24:59 GMT

    In article <40673303.697701ED@anta.net>, Thor Kottelin <thor@anta.net> wrote:
    :chris@nospam.com wrote:

    :> The company has every right to monitor the
    :> use of their computers.

    :Not in my jurisdiction (Finland). "Employer actions may not jeopardize the
    :secrecy of the employee's private, confidential messages when using
    :electronic mail or data networks." - Act on the Protection of Privacy in
    :Working Life, <URL:http://www.finlex.fi/pdf/saadkaan/E0010477.PDF>

    It appears to me, Thor, that you have misinterpreted the Act.
    I refer you to the beginning of the section you quoted, section 9,
    which clearly establishes that the employer *may* monitor the use
    of the network and the use of email. The sentance you quoted means that
    the employer cannot look at the content of "private, confidential"
    messages -- but that doesn't prevent the company from monitoring matters
    such as which sites were visited for how long and when.

    Without my checking further, it isn't even clear to me that the sentance
    you quoted protects employees when they send "private, confidential"
    messages that violate significant company policies such as sending
    racist or sexist remarks, or use the networks for illegal purposes,
    or send confidential data to competitors without authorization.
    The sentance above what you quoted says,

      Separate provisions apply to the employer's right to use technical
      monitoring and control the user of electronic mail and data networks.

    Before blindly accepting the sentance you quoted, I would want to
    know exactly what those "special provisions" were. 

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