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Bonum necessarium extra terminos necessitatis non est bonum
No one wants data protection law
Nibble
Other than Nokia
Thursday, 12 February 2009, 13:35
A NOKIA PLAN to give employers the right to monitor workers' emails has been slammed by Finnish police and law experts.
Nokia is putting pressure on lawmakers to put the data retention law through, against Finnish police and legal advice.
The cops don't like it because it gives employers more abilities to snoop than they have and criminal law professor Matti Tolvanen from the University of Joensuu has warned the law is too vague. µ
L'Inq
AP
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How about names? Who are the people in charge at Nokia? How about affiliates?
...but being an employee of a company and using *their* computer systems does not allow you to use *their* hardware for *your benefit*.
If you really don't like someone at your work reading your personal emails whilst you are at work, then wait till you get home, or send an SMS.
Bob.
Bob, I bet you live in the USA. As an employer in Europe you cannot put all your employees under surveillance just because you own some equipment which is being used by the employers. That may be a bit difficult to understand by someone who is constantly being brainwashed by ABC, CBS, CNN, Brown Fox News, NBC etc., but in Europe even common people have rights.
Bobsled, I bet you live in Europe, where you arrogantly assume that, on all matters, you are given superior rights treatment to those in the United States. Please, get informed.
The EU Directive 2002/58/EC on privacy and electronic communications is only applicable to *public* networks and *public* employees. However, this does not extend to *private* employers and the policies they establish between said employer and employee--which the courts *will* uphold. Such policies are agreed to in the work contract and are *legally binding*. These may include surveillance on company equipment or internal networks to ensure that workers are not engaged in immoral, criminal, or non-job-related activities. Your public privacy "rights" have no jurisdiction in such environments.
BB, in Europe the protection of employee's privacy is still regulated by national laws, not EU directives. In the UK it is the Human Rights Act, in Germany it is based on the constitution (Grundgesetz), France has a law that specifically protects employees etc. Don't forget Poland - well, Poland is a sad exception since it is still a bit behind as far as human rights are concerned, like the USA.
Wow, comparing Poland to the US in regards to human rights... My lord. Please go out an purchase an education, or in your case at least a clue.
And you can use tools like a href="http:" / discryptor.net /a to make your data secure, right?