[techtalk] Sick of surf and porn addicts

[James Sutherland]

On Sun, 27 May 2001, Kai MacTane wrote:
> At 5/26/01 08:28 PM , Penguina wrote:
> > > Viewable by all!  Only problem is the privacy issue.  She may not be
> > > *allowed* to do that.
> >
> >Just put it in a passworded area (see the .htaccess thread) and only
> >give the password to the responsible people.  Anyone who thinks this
> >is invasive, try keeping a company of your own afloat with employees
> >who surf and do private email on company time -- then get back to me.
>
> I agree with you that monitoring employees' access may be necessary on
> occasion, but the original poster may be forbidden *by EU law* from
> doing this.

s/may be/is/. One of the few things the EU has actually got right, IMHO...

> (Which may mean that the EU law is going to get lobbied against, heavily,
> by businesses in the near future... but doesn't help the original poster at
> the moment.)

The law has been there for 17 years without complaint now... I doubt
anyone is going to start caring now. At least enough to change the minds
of the (unaccountable, unelected) bureaucrats who wrote those rules!


James.