"Yesterday, the University of North Florida notified me that it had searched my email ..."

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Kevin M. Kruse Retweeted

A professor at the University of North Florida. WTF.

Yesterday, my university notified me that it had searched my email and would be submitting some of them to the state legislature because they deal with DEI work.
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[Baitball Blogger]

1. Reminds me of the branch head at my company, old looking geezer, who told me that he looks

into everyone's desk after work hours.

Same guy who introduced me to the company head, "This is so and so. She isn't a virgin. I know because I sat in on the interview."

They all have domination in mind.

[Warpy]

7. I had one of those coworkers

She saw dead people, so we knew she was off, but it was night shift and she did her job and we were all a little off one way or another, it's why we all gravitated to night shift.

Turned out she was keeping "dossiers" on all of us and calling the FBI and CIA every day. Yeah, she was fired. I wish I'd been able to read mine but they weren't shared. Damn it.

I've wondered what happened to her, if she ever managed to get some help, the licensing board is good about that from time to time. I hope so. A little bonkers is tolerable, massive paranoia needs some help.

[patphil]

2. DEI Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

So now Florida is dealing in thought crime? How very Orwellian.

https://builtin.com/diversity-inclusion/what-does-dei-mean-in-the-workplace

[lpbk2713]

3. Big Brother is watching.

Be expecting a knock on the door in the middle of the night.

[DENVERPOPS]

11. Orwell

had it mostly right in 1984, the only thing he got totally wrong was that it isn't the Government you have to worry about, it is all the CORPORATIONS..............

Government merging with Corporations equals FASCISM..............

[CloudWatcher]

4. Business email is the property of the business

People need to understand to never put in email anything you
don't want to read in a newspaper someday.

[Raine1967]

5. I understand this, Business Email is the property of the business, but

this is a state college and she is an educator.

How is this business email? I'm trying to wrap my head around how research at a public school can be taken by the state for political reasons.

Something isn't right here.

[CloudWatcher]

15. How is this business email?

If you're not paying for the email, then somebody else is ... and they own it
and set the rules.

How many people read the terms & conditions on their gmail account? How
many people read the terms & conditions from their IT department? How
many people are surprised that their email (and calendars and ...) are subject
to discoveries?

The biggest problem here is that the person is in Florida ....

[Hekate]

16. In the 1980s I worked in Personnel at UC Santa Barbara. Labor law, both then & now...

You are on the clock — your time is theirs
You are in their building — your work product is theirs
You are using their computer or lab equipment — the contents are theirs
You create or invent a patentable item — the patent is theirs

There is NO presumption of privacy if you use the university’s computers for email or work. (Some have discovered the hard way that there is likewise no presumption of privacy if you cruise for porn.)

Use your own phone. Use your own computer. Never confuse theirs and yours, especially if part of your job involves taking your employer’s computer home.

Do. Not. Do. It.

I worked on the staff side, not the academic side. Academics are accustomed to having more freedom in how they use their time, especially in the old days. But the institution is an employer, and they can invoke their own rights, which are considerable.

[Jose Garcia]

20. It is a public record. Anyone can submit a records request

[Raine1967]

6. DEI:

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

[Warpy]

8. Going through email and setting people up to get fired? Arrested?

That is just lovely. I'd certainly cancel my email account with the university. Sometimes "free" is far too expensive to maintain.

[Hekate]

17. If you're an employee,the email is part of your job. They use it to contact you for perfectly legit

… reasons. It’s like deciding to unplug your office desk phone.

[Joinfortmill]

9. Nazi Germany

[Rebl2]

12. For sure

[NHvet]

10. A blind dog

Could have seen this coming tin the fascist state of Floriduh. My question is where is the legal profession and ACLU on all of these assaults on our institutions and citizens??

[Hekate]

13. I believe someone has to ASK them

[paleotn]

14. Florida is a fascist state.

There's just no two ways about it. The voters twice had the chance to reject this shit. Apparently a majority of FL voters enjoy living in Nazi Florida.

[NHvet]

18. Most don't think

And that's the problem. They don't think .. They don't think it will impact them, only others, nut in the end it usually does impact them though.

Although I understand and have lived in the Corporate America world and know the rules on Corporate time, use of corp technology and intellectual property assigning back to the corporation. But this is taking it another level when Big Brother comes for you over work emails. Now we have to worry about the word police. 1984 is a baby tale compared some of this stuff the GOP is trotting out. They want to control women, libraries, schools, colleges, work places, and all social aspects of American life. But don't talk about guns, or God! And lets not forget about the mighty job creators tax cuts, remember, it will all trickle down Remind me again of the party that is for small government? Republicans love to have government when it comes to town with cash after a tornado or hurricane hits.

[Sancho]

19. DeSatan is determined to destroy Florida education...