EMA Releases Updated Email Privacy Policy Toolkit.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 27, 2000 EMA (1) (Enterprise Management Architecture) An earlier strategic plan from Digital for integrating network, system and application management. It provided the operating environment for managing a multi-vendor network. , The Electronic Messaging See e-mail and messaging system. Association & E-Business Forum has revised its email Privacy Policy Toolkit which is now available in downloadable format from the EMA Bookstore on the EMA website at www.ema.org. EMA published its first email privacy policy in 1991. The revised version Revised Version n. A British and American revision of the King James Version of the Bible, completed in 1885. Revised Version Noun has been updated to cover the most recent litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. regarding email privacy and email discovery issues. The toolkit spotlights key privacy issues, includes specific language for, and analysis of, alternative options to assist companies seeking to tailor their privacy policy to their corporate culture. Corporate email privacy policies are becoming as important as sexual harassment sexual harassment, in law, verbal or physical behavior of a sexual nature, aimed at a particular person or group of people, especially in the workplace or in academic or other institutional settings, that is actionable, as in tort or under equal-opportunity statutes. policies in today's workplace - and failure to have both can be extremely costly. "There is an epidemic of email abuse by employees using the company system. No company can hope to solve this problem without beginning with a workable email privacy policy," said Lauren Haywood, Acting President & CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of EMA. The revised Privacy Policy Toolkit is designed to assist companies in formulating their policies by offering advice, including options on what to include in the policy formulation formulation /for·mu·la·tion/ (for?mu-la´shun) the act or product of formulating. American Law Institute Formulation process. EMA recommends that companies bring in employees from across the organization to participate in this process. "Having workable email policies is critical for all companies today in light of the avalanche avalanche, rapidly descending large mass of snow, ice, soil, rock, or mixtures of these materials, sliding or falling in response to the force of gravity. Avalanches, which are natural forms of erosion and often seasonal, are usually classified by their content such of litigation prompted by email abuse. Even companies like Microsoft, and government agencies have felt the pain a resurrected email can cause," says Jim Bruce, author of the EMA Privacy Policy Toolkit. Bruce is a cyber-attorney at Wiley, Rein & Fielding, a law firm that specializes in cyberlaw. In addition to developing a strong email privacy policy, companies need to ensure that they have adequately trained all of their employees on this policy as well. "Even the best policy cannot protect a company if the employees do not know about it, " added Lauren Haywood, Acting President & CEO of EMA. The EMA Privacy Policy Toolkit is free to EMA members and available in downloadable format on the members-only section of the EMA website at www.ema.org. Non-members can purchase the downloadable Toolkit via the EMA online bookstore at www.ema.org. EMA-The Electronic Messaging Association & E-Business Forum is the leading messaging and e-business membership organization providing education, skills training, research and advocacy for professionals in large and mid-size enterprises responsible for messaging and e-business solutions and applications within their firms. Founded in 1983 as the Electronic Mail Association, EMA serves as the forum for the development and exchange of information, research and practical, real-world experiences in the rapidly evolving fields of messaging, wireless communications wireless communications System using radio-frequency, infrared, microwave, or other types of electromagnetic or acoustic waves in place of wires, cables, or fibre optics to transmit signals or data. , and e-business. Visit EMA's website at http://www.ema.org or call EMA at 703.524.5550. |
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