Privacy in the workplace

[Ron Nossaman]

At 10:01 PM 9/15/98 -0400, you wrote:
>My supervisor an assistant dean for our school has formally requested
>that everyone in her charge deliver to her by a certain date their
>respective email usernames and passwords.  She says they will be kept in
>a secure place and used only in the event of an emergency.  I responded
>in email saying that I was uncomfortable giving this information to
>anyone.  I stated that I use email for work, family, and an education
>degree.  If an emergency came about then I suggested that she contact
>the administrator of email services for the university with a request
>for the information.  She is insisting that I must comply with her
>wishes and says that everything that comes through the server at the
>university is univeristy property.
>
>I have to admit I am stunned!  What do you guys think.
>
>

I think it's not a privacy issue, it's a security issue. Tell her you'll
trade for her savings account PIN. Anything other than your E-mail address
(and that's debatable, and at your discretion) is none of her damned business!

PERIOD,
 
 Ron