Roland Perry - "is an ISP a 'Person'?"

[Ken Brown]

I know of a company - through system admin's gossip over a pint, not one
that I have ever worked for - that would sack employees for exchanging
email with competitors, and would also inspect email for mention of
business deals, but was quite willing to look that other way if porn was
suspected.

David Howe wrote:
> 
> at Thursday, October 03, 2002 9:37 AM, Richard Clayton
> <richard@highwayman.com> was seen to say:
> > Many businesses now run similar software in "firewalls" -- though I've
> > not seen any research saying whether the agenda extends beyond X-rated
> > material...  some businesses, to take an example, might wish to
> > prevent access to employment agencies, competitors help wanted pages
> > or just (for productivity reasons) to holiday booking sites!
> Usually, "all of the above"
> main blocks are sex, gambling, online chat and sport.
> Translation sites are also hit, but that is a limitation of the
> software.
> oh - and anyone whose political agenda the blocking company doesn't
> approve of tends to be blocked in all catagories too :)