Comments on: Third of IT workers snoop confidential info

By: Karen

Karen — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:25:34 +0000

Yes, Police do check Police. State Police or County can be turned to for local Police wrong doing and the State’s Atty Generals should oversee the State and County Police and can also turn to the Federal Authorities for oversight if the State Police play dirty. I guess we then pray that education, from whatever source, parents, schools, churches, has provided the moral compass all need.

By: Essie

Essie — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 15:12:48 +0000

It’s like the police checking on the police.

By: Stacy

Stacy — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:33:39 +0000

Karen: Excellent point. What I have always wondered. Plus how could they get caught anyway?

By: Karen

Karen — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:51:20 +0000

What has always interested me is that IT will check use and abuse of our time and systems when asked by the Management, but no one is able to check abuse of use of time and sytems of the IT employees. They sit alone in the basement offices (for coolness needed by machinery), have incredible security locks for their workspace and Management wouldn’t know if they are doing their own “thing” most of the day.

By: Robert

Robert — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:00:27 +0000

Yes, I have been a victim of this on numerous occasions. I would find information I would send in emails being repeated back to me by the employees who were subjects of them; or copies of the emails provided to me by the unions or press. None of the material was inappropriate and was simply responses to requests for information by the CEO or managers. However, I only sent the emails to a single individual and they were never forwarded by them. Investigation revealed that people in the I/S Dept. were snooping in on them and they were terminated. This happened several times over the course of years.