FDA Spying on employees

[jeffreys]

Surprise surprise



Vast F.D.A. Effort Tracked E-Mails of Its Scientists

WASHINGTON — A wide-ranging surveillance operation by the Food and Drug Administration against a group of its own scientists used an enemies list of sorts as it secretly captured thousands of e-mails that the disgruntled scientists sent privately to members of Congress, lawyers, labor officials, journalists and even President Obama, previously undisclosed records show.

 

[Petrodus]

The FDA and other government agencies will do what ever they please.

 

[jeffreys]

I just wrote to my senator (only one worth writing to) and asked that regulatory agencies' employees be barred from working in the industry they regulate. Not that I have any confidence that will happen.

Our system's problems are soo much deeper

 

[TennDave]

My F-I-L said that no one should be writing emails of this level on their corporate or government computers, but as I read this, the spying was beyond that- as it was spying on personal/private emails- on private computers....Is this right?

 

[JAY73]

wow our tax dollar's hard at work to protect us...huh imagine that!!

 

[wv2win]

FDA = Big Brother. (thats the Orwellian kind for those who don't read)

 

[zoiDman]

My F-I-L said that no one should be writing emails of this level on their corporate or government computers, ...

This is a Good Point.

Because if you use a Companies’ or Government’s computer, you do Not have a "Right to Privacy" and the Owner of the Computer has the Legal Right to Read ANYTHING on the Computer.

Some people don’t know that in Exchange Server there is a Simple Check Box that an Exchange Server Administrator can check that say’s….

“Send a Copy of All Outgoing e-Mails to this Account”

One check in this Box and that Admin gets a Copy of Every e-Mail sent. Every e-Mail.

 

[Petrodus]

I didn't know that ....
Bet most people don't know about this either.

If your on-line ... there is NO privacy

 

[Petrodus]

Many lately are talking about this country heading towards socialism ...
Heck ... isn't that what government agencies are. They report to no one
and the only power they don't have is printing money, but that really isn't
an issue since Congress will give them whatever they want.

 

[Placebo Effect]

My F-I-L said that no one should be writing emails of this level on their corporate or government computers, but as I read this, the spying was beyond that- as it was spying on personal/private emails- on private computers....Is this right?

Yep, at least 5 employees, if not more, with regard to personal e-mails Lawmaker says FDA email spying may be illegal - Chicago Tribune

 

[zoiDman]

I didn't know that ....
Bet most people don't know about this either.

If your on-line ... there is NO privacy

Yeah, the first time I saw it, I was blown away. Just a Single Check Box on a Properties Tab.

And you would be Amazed at what people write in e-Mails at work.

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Rule 23 of Privacy.

If the software your using has an Administrative Account and you can’t log on to it, you have no Privacy.