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Re: Survey on user privacy

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From: Jesse Buckley
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 13:47
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In article <1992Jul23.215931.13522@menudo.uh.edu> sears@tree.egr.uh.edu writes:
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>Today we have a very interesting and sensitive situation arise -- a user  
>passed away and now the user's parents would like access to the user's  
>account.
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>This is a situation that I have not had to deal with before.  There are some  
>ethical considerations that need to be understood.  I am wondering how other  
>Administrators/Managers have handled similar situations.

From a somewhat non-compassionate point of view I might look to see what
was there and make sure it was nothing that would cause them more grief,
then give it to them.  I only have a problem with looking, not the
actual giving of the files away.  I'm more concerned that they may
accuse someone (alive) of doing/being something they don't want public
and then the college getting sued.

-- 
=) Buck (buck@sunyit.edu)
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and animals.  When exposed to light they undergo photosynthesis; and when the
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From: buck@pool.info.sunyit.edu (Jesse Buckley)
Subject: Re: Survey on user privacy
Message-ID: <1992Jul28.134709.9213@pool.info.sunyit.edu>
Organization: State University of New York -- Institute of Technology
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