Posted by Snoozin on January 14, 2005, at 15:07:01
In reply to Re: Is that e-mail really private? » Snoozin, posted by All Done on January 14, 2005, at 14:32:20
> Snoozin,
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> My very first e-mail here was to Dinah and I'm very grateful that she thought I had a right to privacy in that situation even though she had never heard from me via e-mail before and it was unsolicited.
<<I totally agree with what you are saying. I think that with polite correspondence, it is the *polite* thing to keep things private.To avoid any ambiguity, I usually ask people, both verbally and in writing, to please not tell anyone, and therefore make my need for privacy clear.
But when someone sends an e-mail out of the blue that is inflamatory, or accusatory, or in any way negative, I think there is no right to privacy.
>>I just hope my privacy would be respected regardless of whether the e-mail was solicited or unsolicited provided.
<<I think that privacy is a matter of respect, so the fact you were respectful to Dinah, I'm sure she automatically was respectful back. (Dinah's respectful all the time anyway). :-) But when a person starts a correspondence off in a disrespectful tone, then I don't think there can be an expectation of privacy. It's like they gave up that right, or privilege, or expectation -- whatever you want to call it -- when they went outside the bounds of propriety. This of course is only my opinion.But of course, in general, I think you have a right to privacy which should be respected.
:-)
Susan
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