Legal Question in Technology Law in West Virginia
E-mail and Paswords
My employeer has created an e-mail address for me and all my fellow workers and students without my/their permission and is using my/their Social Security Number for the password. We are unable to change the password unless we go though their ''Web Master'' who they will not tell us who it is. We have asked for them to remove our names but have been refused. Is this OK for them to do? We have expressed concern about Idenity Theft and have been told '' not to worry about it'' by my Managment. I am an IT professional and find this very disturbing. Thank You for any replys.
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: E-mail and Paswords
The U.S. Supreme Court dealt with a case last term that involved a federal government agency for safety of coal miners posting the social security numbers of miners to disclose who would receive federal health benefits. The Supreme Court held that the miners did not suffer damage simply from having their SSNs disclosed (without identifying what name went with a particular number).
I am not aware of any federal law that would prevent an employer from establishing e-mail accounts for its employees. If you feel strongly about this issue, are you in a position to vote with your feet, and go work for someone else?
Mike Guth
http://riskmgmt.biz
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