Re: [MAGNet] CalMail and secure info

From: Greg Merritt <gmerritt_at_berkeley.edu>
Date: Fri May 26 2006 - 14:02:42 PDT

On May 26, 2006, at 1:34 PM, Michael Rimar wrote:

> the full name, date of birth, and social security number of the
> individual in question to: ...
> I've always followed the proscription against emailing such info.
> Is Calmail's use of secured connections sufficient to make this not
> an issue?

Many campus e-mail users will have a POP e-mail client on their
desktop computer. Such a message would instantly taint the user's
outbox.

Thanks for the heads-up -- I'll make sure my department's HR staff
knows about these bad instructions, so that they never, ever do this!

-Greg

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