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Article #24Re: Survey on user privacy
From: Jesse Buckley
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 13:47
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: > > >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. > >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) "There are some micro-organisms that exhibit characteristics of both plants and animals. When exposed to light they undergo photosynthesis; and when the lights go out, they turn into animals. But then again, don't we all?"
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Newsgroups: comp.admin.policy Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!mcsun!sunic!psinntp!psinntp!pool!buck 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 References: <1992Jul23.215931.13522@menudo.uh.edu> Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 13:47:09 GMT Lines: 23