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Legal liability and e-mail. (electronic mail systems)

Journal of Systems Management

| March 01, 1995 | Barker, Robert M.; Hammond, Alvin E. | COPYRIGHT 1995 John Carroll University. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

In a corporate environment, with E-mail as the preferred method to communicate memoranda, legal exposure increases and the ability to control abuses can decrease unless preventive steps are taken to avert possible problems.

Electronic mail systems have started to penetrate organizations due to the growth of networks and decline in their cost. With an increasing use of new and more effective forms of information technology, there inevitably will be an increased number of legal concerns related to the use of that technology. As new technologies have been introduced into our society, both legislative and common law doctrines have been changed to reflect society's ...

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