Can My University Monitor My Email?

The Electronic Communication Privacy Act (ECPA)

I began my search in what better place to find newly passed laws, the Internet. In 1986, the Electronic Communication Privacy Act (ECPA) was passed. This is a patchwork of provisions

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Hopefully, the Information Technology department at CSUMB will get the hint and do the same. (1986) Can A University Monitor My Email, CAF. This alleviates the potential for lawsuits from monitoring email accounts such as in the court cases Smyth v. ” (2) In other words, if a necessary feature of systems administration involves inspecting the contents of messages, there is no ECPA violation. The link to

this document, and other CSUMB policies, can be found at http://it. I believe it would be important to create one as soon as possible. The court did not find any reasonable expectation of privacy in the contents of Smyth’s email communications that were voluntarily made to his supervisor over the company email system. The court disagreed, interpreting the statute to apply only to surreptitious monitoring of voice. The court went further to say, “Once plaintiff communicated the alleged unprofessional comments to a second person (his supervisor) over an email system which was apparently utilized by the entire company, any reasonable expect!

ation of privacy was lost. (1994) E-mail Privacy in the Workplace – To What Extent, Marcus Steer & Freibrun Law firms. ”(3) This means that email accounts can be monitored at the discretion of the California State University system.

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