4. E-mail at a Glance: How Private Is E-mail?
- There is no guarantee of e-mail privacy. A message can be intercepted and read as it makes its way over the Internet to its final destination. Consider e-mail as you would a postcard.
- The safest way to send sensitive or confidential information via e-mail is by using encryption software.
- Some companies consider e-mail to be the same as paper mail and reserve the right to review all electronic correspondence.
- When you delete a message from your computer, a copy of the message may still remain on the mail server and can be retrieved.
