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A university email address is a personal account. A lot of older academics will only have the one account that they've been using since the 80s.
by shardling 14y ago
A university email address is a personal account. A lot of older academics will only have the one account that they've been using since the 80s.
- talmand 14y agoJust because that's the only email address they use doesn't mean it's their personal account. It's the only account they use that's provided by a third party. If they quit their job and they lose the account, it wasn't their account in the first place.
- rm999 14y agoYou're arguing vague semantics. He used it for personal e-mail, that's what is relevant here.
- talmand 14y agoNo, it is not. He can use the account for personal email but that does not make the account itself personal. If you use an account provided by a third-party for personal emails then you cannot expect that email to remain private. It is subject to whims of the third-party and applicable laws. Although in terms of FOIA, as I understand it, one can expect unrelated emails of the request to not be released. But if one writes a small sentence relating to the subject of the FOIA request in an otherwise personal email, then it is subject to that request.
- crusso 14y agoA lot of music companies think that they have a physical monopoly on how digital music is distributed... since the 80s. Doesn't make it so. If anything, this type of incident serves as a reminder to our culture. It's so easy for communications to be copied and shared. That makes it all the more important that you separate your personal and work lives with clear digital boundaries.