FC: California governor nixes surveillance notification bill

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

See also:

http://www.latimes.com/business/updates/lat_y2k991011.htm 

Los Angeles Times
Monday, October 11, 1999 
Workers Lament Loss of E-Mail Privacy on Job
By JUBE SHIVER Jr., Times Staff Writer



> Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 07:12:49 -0700
> From: Jack Dean <JackDean () InternetCampaigns com>
> To: Declan McCullagh <declan () wired com>
> Subject: Calif. governor rejects e-mail bill
>
>
> An unusually logical move from our liberal governor:
>
>
> *** Calif. governor rejects e-mail bill
>
> SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Gov. Gray Davis vetoed a bill that would have
> required companies to tell their workers before monitoring their
> e-mail, saying the measure tramples on employer rights and leaves
> them open to unjust lawsuits. The move is likely to further the
> debate about the limits to which companies can monitor an employee's
> actions while on the job, including computer files and usage and
> reading e-mails sent through the company network. Davis likened
> e-mail monitoring to other employer rights, such as the right to
> limit personal long-distance phone calls. He also noted that
> businesses can be sued if employees use work computers to defame or
> harass someone. See
> http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2561593117-d60



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