This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. Send mail to mimeat_private for more info. --------------BC2620C2F1B8BEE40A6ACE17 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=iso-8859-1 Content-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.96.990415205612.25831qat_private> Forwarded From: darek milewski <darekmat_private> http://www.techserver.com/story/body/0,1634,38442-61939-449913-0,00.html More companies spy on employee e-mail, survey says NEW YORK (April 14, 1999 4:43 p.m. EDT http://www.nandotimes.com) - The number of companies that snoop on their employees' e-mail, computer files and phone calls is rising, a new survey shows, part of a corporate backlash against inflammatory and potentially incriminating exchanges. The share of firms checking e-mail rose to 27 percent this year from 20 percent in 1998 and 17 percent in 1997, said the American Management Association survey released Wednesday. Overall electronic monitoring of e-mail and other communications rose to 45 percent from 35 percent in 1997, the AMA said. But an average of 84 percent of companies that do monitoring tell their employees of the practice. The financial industry, including banking, brokerage and insurance firms, spied the most. The AMA, a business trade group, polled its 1,000 members January through March. The survey has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percent. A key reason for the increased monitoring is that employees are concerned that offensive messages could be used as evidence in court cases down the road, observers say. --------------BC2620C2F1B8BEE40A6ACE17-- -o- Subscribe: mail majordomoat_private with "subscribe isn". Today's ISN Sponsor: Hacker News Network [www.hackernews.com]
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