[techtalk] Sick of surf and porn addicts

[James Sutherland]

On Tue, 29 May 2001, Penguina wrote:
> Penguina wrote:
> > > I don't think that the person who pays the rent on the office space,
> > > financed the PCs and pays for the bandwidth every month would feel
> > > the same way.
>
> James Sutherland wrote:
> > We aren't talking about the EMPLOYER here, but about other people. Of
> > course the employer can set certain limits on usage, subject to respecting
> > those users' privacy - the point is that others who happen to be in the
> > area do NOT have any control over each other. Just as a company is free to
> > ban personal 'phone calls, or charge for them, but not to record them, the
> > company can prohibit WWW surfing, or charge users for the bandwidth they
> > use - but logging what users do is a violation of their privacy. Usage
> > logs must not be made available to ANYONE without a court order (that
> > bit's a legal requirement, BTW).
> > James.
>
> You're dead wrong.  Read http://www.privacyrights.org/fs/fs7-work.htm

Wrong continent. That article is talking about **US** law. We're talking
about EUROPE, which has completely different laws.


James.