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'Porn Nightmare'
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Internet and email porn is a nightmare for workplaces, according to a Geelong corporate IT consultant. Dale Pattison, who installs internet guard technology for many of Geelong's larger organisations, including City Hall, said technology created as many problems as it solved. Mr Pattison said the sacking of three council leisure centre staff revealed in the Geelong Advertiser yesterday was an obvious example. He said political correctness had eliminated the days when it was acceptable to display pornographic material within the workplace and such bans had flowed to computer technology. "It's the benchmark of (human resources) policy and government is the starting point for that," Mr Pattison said. But he said technology was keeeping up with the very problems it cretaed- meaning good news for workplaces but not so good for staff who abused the luxury of the web, including the council employees. The council uses 'Mailguard' technology to screen all emails and pick up on inappropriate communiocations including bad language and pornography. "The trail left by email is a lot greater than people realise," Mr Pattison said. "It's not like footprints in the sand, which wash away with water. It's more like footprints in concrete." Mr Pattison said about 90 per cent of his clients used 'Mailguard', with a proportion also installling the even stronger 'Safeguard' technology to block certain types of communication. Some organisations such as law firms, had taken to blocking all websites and email that were not relevant to the workplace. "But it still an issue in Geelong because not everyone runs technology that locks down," Mr Pattison said. He said many workplaces were reluctant to sack staff for breaking the rules, particularly if it was a first offence. But political correctness meant most organisations were bound by a hard-line approach. The problem for employees was many did not realise what policy offence they were breaching when they passed on what they may have considered a harmless joke, or how monitored the system was- despite most workplaces making policies clear to staff. "Most people in the world of computers are ignorant," Mr Pattison said. "What might be considered acceptable betweeen two consenting adults is not so acceptable in coporate policies." Geelong Advertiser (9-3-2006) Rebecca Tucker |
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