From: Don "Free Radical" McLean <declan@well.com> Date: Thu, 12 Feb 1998 14:27:19 -0800 (PST) Subject: Regulators back down on SEC/NASD email snooping rules
Last Friday I wrote in Netly about the SEC approving rules dealing with email snooping on home computers and the potential privacy violations:
http://cgi.pathfinder.com/netly/opinion/0,1042,1731,00.html
These rules were to take effect on February 15. Now, citing "concerns that have been voiced," the NASD has backed down and is considering changes.
Score one for privacy, or at least a more cautious approach.
Damn, wish I could affect the real world too. ---- The "cautious approach" is simply ordering all employees to send work-related email via the company systems. ---guy Where I can monitor it.