The problem with e-mail is that it reflects intentions, not actions. It may be a powerful tool for litigators to expose someone's thinking, but e-mail confuses the truth as much as it steers us toward it. Rarely does someone go to jail for making threats. When those threats are carried out, they do. I've always wondered if the IT department was reading my e-mail.
Most people are far too busy and honest to waste time on such a spurious activity.
As employees using the company's computer system, they expressly waive their rights to privacy. His short-form policy bars storing or disseminating such generally innocuous annoyances as chain letters, promotions, advertisements or political propaganda. I receive every day fit those descriptions. While no one can rigidly adhere to the provisions in an all-encompassing policy, the mere fact that you signed something is an incentive to be careful. You probably find this scary and heavy-handed, as do I. Big Brother has arrived, and he is IT acting on behalf of the legal department.