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Nasty dispute - opinions, anyone?
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02/08/2001 17:09:25
 
 
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Visual FoxPro
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Contracts, agreements and general business
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Al,

Contrary to what many people are saying here, I am not sure you have any legal right to intercept this person's email. This subject came up when I took a Network Administrators course for W2K at the University of Michigan.

I quote the following from a policy page:

The Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 (ECPA) is the
only existing federal law specifically governing e-mail. Under
the ECPA there is privacy protection against both interception of
electronic communications while in transmission and against
unauthorized intrusion into e-mail stored on the system.
Interception of electronic communication is prohibited (section
101-100 Stat 1850), and service providers of electronic
communications cannot intentionally divulge communication
contents, with certain exceptions (section 102). These provisions
protect the privacy of electronic communications in general.

There are conflicting laws on the subject at state and federal levels. Intruding into someone's email is a serious issue. There are some laws protecting privacy and others protecting rights to know...I'd make sure you had a good legal opinion before doing *anything*.

Linda
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