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Technology & Science

Jun. 26, 2010

Technology Can Move Fast and Companies Can't Fall Behind

Allowing company technology usage policies to become stagnant is practically an invitation for judicial intervention, say Jason Paroff and Richard Plansky of Kroll Ontrack.

By Jason Paroff and Richard Plansky

Jeff Quon, a police sergeant and member of the city of Ontario California Police Department's SWAT team, learned a hard lesson last week when the U.S. Supreme Court decided in City of Ontario v. Quon that the personal text messages he sent via his department-issued pager were not so personal after all. After Quon exceeded his monthly texting allotment several months in a row, the police department retrieved transcri...

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