CNN reported today that a U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) audit finds the FBI is has not kept good track of how many times they have ordered businesses monitoring of emails, telephone records and financial information. The report has not yet been posted to the DoJ site but is supposed to be released sometime today.
According to the CNN report:
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USA PATRIOT Act: FBI Is Underreporting Their Use Of This Law To Order Businesses to Monitor Email, Phone Calls and Financial Information
Friday, March 9th, 2007Insider Threat Example: Wal-Mart Fires “System Technician” for Snooping On Text Messages and Taping Phone Calls
Monday, March 5th, 2007Today CNN reported Wal-Mart fired a systems technician who was “intercepting text messages of people who were not Wal-Mart employees and for recording telephone conversations with a New York Times reporter without authorization.”
Office Email Systems Are Not For Personal Use: Common Sense Reminders For Your Employees
Sunday, March 4th, 2007Sunday the New York Times printed a nice article about email privacy and monitoring, “The Risk Is All Yours in Office E-Mail”