walter@sumax.seattleu.edu (walter) (01/10/91)
On January 8, 1991, CompuServe's Online Today released a story
submitted by reporter/contributor Charles Bowen concerning yet another
E-Mail privacy lawsuit. It is important to note that I could find no
other verification for the information provided by CompuServe's Online
Today and Charles Bowen. What follows is a section of the E-Mail
privacy story, as it appeared on CompuServe's Online Today.
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NISSAN NAMED IN E-MAIL LAWSUIT
(Jan. 8)
Nissan Motor Corp. has been named in a suit alleging the car maker
illegally eavesdropped on private electronic mail of two employees.
The suit, filed in the Superior Court of California, seeks
unspecified damages for Bonita B. Bourke and Rhonda L. Hall, who were
employed at the Carson California facility of Nissan as information
systems specialists in the Infiniti support group.
In a statement from Los Angeles, attorney Noel Shipman, representing
Bourke and Hall, says the suit accuses Nissan of invasion of privacy,
violations of constitutional right of privacy and wrongful termination
of employment.
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According to Bowen, the two information systems specialists were
confronted by company management with hardcopy of their E-Mail and told
that they were risking termination of employment for using company
software for personal messaging. Bowen also points out that Noel Shipman
is asserting the information specialists were given the impression that
E-Mail was unmonitored and all were encouraged to make use of
private E-Mail when needed. Finally, Bowen revealed that some of the
E-Mail was published for other members of the Infiniti group to see.
Walterpeterm@sumax.seattleu.edu (Peter Marshall) (01/12/91)
Can second Sean Casey's 1/11 confirmation. Might be nice if OLT attributed more in future.... Peter Marshall
walter@sumax.seattleu.edu (walter) (01/13/91)
> | On January 8, 1991, CompuServe's Online Today released a story > |submitted by reporter/contributor Charles Bowen concerning yet another > |E-Mail privacy lawsuit. It is important to note that I could find no > |other verification for the information provided by CompuServe's Online > |Today and Charles Bowen. What follows is a section of the E-Mail > |privacy story, as it appeared on CompuServe's Online Today. > > That story came originally from the Los Angeles Times. It is > legitimate. > Dean: Thanks for the confirmation. Can you cite the page number, date printed, and the reporter who wrote the story? Walter