network monitoring

[Anne Wilson]

On Tuesday 05 June 2007 18:57:16 Manuel Arostegui Ramirez wrote:
> El Martes, 5 de Junio de 2007 19:45, Frank Cox escribió:
> > On Tue, 05 Jun 2007 11:25:58 +0200
> >
> > I assume this is to prevent anyone from saying, "But I told you on MSN
> > that I wanted you to sell that stock yesterday" after the bottom falls
> > out.
>
> If that's true, why not only keeping a log of the company instant messaging
> system? (If available)
>
> The point was, I'd like to know if he's going to inform his users about all
> this stuff
> 
UK law admits that there are some situations where it is necessary or 
desirable.  Recording such traffic is perfectly legal, *providing* the 
individual's contract of employment states that it is company policy.

Anne