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There is a gulf of difference between company email and personal email. Company email is provided by the company and others may need to read someone elses' for
by davedx 13y ago
There is a gulf of difference between company email and personal email. Company email is provided by the company and others may need to read someone elses' for many reasons.
Personal email has an expectation of privacy. You can argue from the point of view of cynicism and that's fine but it doesn't change my expectation.
- ghshephard 13y agoI think the point I was trying to get across, is that unlike a personal conversation, either on the phone, or, ideally, in person - I've personally been trained to believe that email has the potential to be in a public forum. I'm not suggesting others are wrong to believe otherwise, I'm just saying that, when I type email to anyone - friend, mother, lover, or colleague - I do so with the expectation that the contents will be published. If I want to communicate something personal, secret, embarrassing, or private for any reason, I do so in a conversation or phone call. BTW, maybe my personal life is just boring - but this has very little impact on interpersonal communication, but a drastic impact on business communications, where I frequently find that I'm self-censoring, and asking my self, "Do I really want to commit that to email?" Now, if my phone calls start getting published in the NYT, then I'm going to be very irate.
- taproot 13y agoFYI With the advent of smart phones, phone call recording is very easy. Possibly time to update that personal training of yours? disclaimer: I agree, I believe everything online has potential to be public domain. I do; however, leave the tinfoil at home and realise not many people care what porn I watch or what the latest trite shit I post to my facebook wall is.