eMail Privacy.. There Ain't None!

Northampton Community College cuts information from directory following requests for student emails
By Sara K. Satullo | The Express-Times

* Northampton Community College officials were recently surprised to learn students' email addresses are subject to the Pennsylvania Right-to-Know Law.

* Under Pennsylvania's Right-to-Know Law, a public entity cannot ask the requester why they want the information.

It seems in today's world everybody has rights except the individual who's being snooped. It seems simple enough for legislators to add to the law defining specifically who and why a person need be allowed access to the email directory under the so-called 'right-to-know' law. Will they?


Here's another case of a well intended piece of legislation that's being abused and allowed to run amuck. Some people are costing the system money while at the same time bogging it down by making dozens, if not hundreds, of unnecessary requests just to be a pain in the ass or snoop. It's time to revisit and refine the abuse taking place because of this piece of legislation.