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Date: 2001-01-10
NL: Etwas ist faul im Ueberwachungsstaat-.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- ganz offenbar die faulsten Kompromisse zwischen Datenschützern und Abhöreren gesellschaftsfähig sind . -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) _ A government advisory body on Tuesday recommended legislation that would give companies the right to read staff e-mail and screen internet use. The long-awaited proposals for regulating electronic privacy issues will shape industry standards under draft laws expected to take effect April 1. The Hague-based Data Protection Authority, the government's leading advisory body on privacy issues, called for ``balanced'' rules as it published a report on how the state can protect employee rights and enable businesses to curb misuse of computers. The conclusions are not binding, but experts said they could lay the foundation for privacy laws across Europe. Under the proposal, both e-mail and internet may be subject to monitoring, a summary of the report says, if certain conditions are met. ``A company cannot continuously monitor the behavior of an employee, unless they are suspected of misconduct,'' said agency spokesman Rudy Schreijnders. ... ``The legislation is abstract, so each company would have to fill in the details,'' Schreijnders told The Associated Press. Companies could set time limits for internet use or ban specific websites, he suggested. ``A staff member could then be asked to explain higher than permitted levels of internet use. ... Rik van Steenbergen, a specialist in employees rights at the largest Dutch trade union FNV, welcomed the report, saying it will create clarity for both sides. ``You cannot say that privacy will be protected, but it will be very clear what the rules are,'' van Steenbergen said. ``The invasion of privacy has to be justified.'' The critical part of the proposal, van Steenbergen added, is a clause classifying e-mail and internet use in the same category as ordinary mail or telephone calls. Because no distinction is made between online and off line communications, he said, an employee cannot be punished for something said in an e-mail. ``It would be like opening a letter addressed to someone else,'' he said. ... While preparing the report, Steenbergen said the agency tried to balance the need for a company to protect corporate secrets and reputation while protecting employees rights to freedom of expression, access to information and privacy. Source AP -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- - -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- edited by Harkank published on: 2001-01-10 comments to office@quintessenz.at subscribe Newsletter - -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- 
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