Self-study
P1
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Intro to Issue ·
No clear rules on email privacy
Office workers wrongly assume that their emails are private.
P2
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Public Sector (Government) ·
Are government emails private?
If yes, then they can destroy them and deny public access.
Proposition ·
Yes, because there are paper versions that the public can access
Opposition ·
No, because the paper versions are incomplete; emails contain more information
P3
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Private Sector (Business) ·
Are private sector employees's emails private?
Example ·
Not private
Two employees talk shit over email about their boss. Boss finds out. Fires them. Judge rules in favor of company because the computers were company property hence boss had right to read anything on it.
P4
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Law ·
No privacy for "inside" interception
Law sometimes protects against third party eavesdropping but not when the third party is an "insider." So the police (outsider) can't eavesdrop on you but your boss (insider) can.
Exception ·
Reasonable expectation of privacy
If you have a reasonable expectation of privacy, then privacy could trump. But there is no absolute guarantee.
Solution ·
Encrypt messages
If you're an employee and want privacy, you may just have to encrypt your emails. But that's a huge pain in the butt.
Passage Style
Critique or debate
Problem-analysis
2.
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a
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The reason given at the end of P2 doesn’t involve the extent to which the government cares about secrecy. The reason is that people should have the right to review documents created during the conduct of government business, because government officials are civil servants.
b
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This best captures the reason given at the end of P2. Some argue that because government officials are civil servants, the public should have the right to review documents created during government business. This reason relates to the role of the government and its accountability to the people it serves. They serve the public, so the public should be able to review their documents.
c
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The reason given at the end of P2 doesn’t involve a legal requirement to keep duplicates. Although people who are in favor of allowing deletion argue that the messages are already in a paper form, we’re being asked about the argument given by the people who are opposed to deletion.
d
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The reason given at the end of P2 doesn’t involve the claim that the government has guidelines against destruction of their own records.
e
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The reason given at the end of P2 doesn’t involve the harm to relationships between employees and supervisors.