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Thursday, March 31, 2016

Phone home, but not work

Home is OK but don't call work
Your emails are not really private. Coming soon, your phone may not be if you use it for work, according to Inside Higher Ed:

Faculty unions in the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System are objecting to a new system rule that says officials may inspect the personal mobile phones or other devices of professors, if the professors sometimes use these devices for work... reported. Faculty leaders say that this rule is not needed and would represent an invasion of privacy. They also note that many faculty members routinely use their phones for some official business, even if most of their use is private. University officials say that they aren't trying to invade anyone's privacy, but are required under state law to be able to perform such inspections to be sure that state data and information are not being shared inappropriately...

Full story https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2016/03/31/minnesota-professors-object-mobile-phone-rule

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