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From both a practical and ethical point of view, I find it more than acceptable to retain copies of email correspondence one is participating in, and to share t
by cforrester 6y ago
From both a practical and ethical point of view, I find it more than acceptable to retain copies of email correspondence one is participating in, and to share that correspondence with one's legal representation. The alternative puts too much power in corporate hands.
- simonh 6y agoI can understand maybe showing an email or several perhaps to a lawyer, a court might well consider that reasonable even if it's a technical violation, or just give a warning. It's a matter of proportionality. Breaking a speed limit by a few mph won't get you banned from driving. This is completely different though, it was an automated query trawling and exfiltrating vast quantities of mail threads.
- pseudalopex 6y agoAn unidentified source alleged she used a script to find messages. That doesn't mean she copied the messages without reviewing them.[1] [1] https://www.axios.com/scoop-google-is-investigating-the-actions-of-another-top-ai-ethicist-50030739-ea3d-4ea2-b452-c228b4fc9773.html https://www.axios.com/scoop-google-is-investigating-the-acti...
- Aeolun 6y agoAll of which she was already involved in. It’s not like she didn’t have the info already.
- simonh 6y agoThat's not the point. Exfiltrating the data means it's available to non-employees (and it appears she did send it to non-employees which is by itself a clear and prosecutable violation), is not protected by the company's security and privacy policies, and would still be available to her beyond her period of employment. She's not entitled to do any of those things, especially since as you say she had access to the info as an employee anyway so she had no legitimate excuse.
- TheCoelacanth 6y agoYes. Any policy preventing that should be illegal.