Is personal electronic mail private?
Dr. Brown: Personal electronic mail should be as private as regular mail correspondence. I do not have expertise in the area of electronic mail but I would imagine that even password protected does not preclude invasion of that privacy. Dr. Goodman: Generally not, though this is actually an empirical question such that I believe the answer is generally not. The question whether it should be private is another matter. Dr. Husted: Yes. The ethical right to privacy avoids conflict and, like all rights, promotes harmony. And here we take harmony to be the standards of ethical judgment.
