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November 17, 2007
There Are a Lot of Free E-Mail Services ... You Should Use One
Reuters/Wired: Companies Read Employee E-Mail:
"Big Brother is not only watching but he is also reading your e-mail.
"According to a new study, about a third of big companies in the United States and Britain hire employees to read and analyze outbound e-mail as they seek to guard against legal, financial or regulatory risk.
"More than a third of U.S. companies surveyed also said their business was hurt by the exposure of sensitive or embarrassing information in the past 12 months, according to the annual study from a company specializing in protecting corporate e-mail at large businesses.
"'What folks are concerned about is confidential or sensitive information that is going out,' said Gary Steele, chief executive of Cupertino, California, company Proofpoint, which conducted the study along with Forrester Research."
I have a few dear friends who use their work e-mail address as their primary address and, frankly, it freaks me out.
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