In recent surveys, it is highlighted the importance for employers of having a well-drafted email use policy and internet use policy. Most employers take email use policy and internet access policy for important business reasons ranging from employee productivity reasoning to preventing hostile work environments.

A survey on Email Rules, Policies and Practices by American Management Association revealed that 75 percent of organizations in their survey had written policies concerning e-mail. (more…)

Governments’ efforts to restrict Internet speech they regard as dangerous have varied greatly. Islamic countries have focused on pornography and some forms of political speech. Some liberal Western democracies, such as the United States, have sought to censor or suppress sexually explicit speech, and others, such as France and Germany, have concentrated on virulent hate speech. It is instructive to consider the concerted efforts of the United States to restrict sexually explicit content and speech in cyberspace by means of command and control legislation. (more…)

Since internet gathered its popularity, information loss through electronic channel have become prevalent. It is easier to exploit internet to collect credential information, mainly personal or corporate information. New services, features, communication media are blended into existing internet services with internet as its information transport platform. New channels are opened as a particular Web site implements a new feature and existing communication systems evolve to bypass previously effective control measures. Bellow are 10 possible information loss that goes trough electronic channel that you must aware of. (more…)