Read this if you use AOL Instant Messenger
Actual Terms of Service:
http://www.aim.com/tos/tos.adp
Under "Content You Post":
"You waive any right to privacy. You waive any right to inspect or approve uses of the content or to be compensated for any such uses"
How this may affect us:
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1775649,00.asp
"They're encouraging businesses to use AIM to discuss details of their business correspondence, even to sync their Outlook contact and calendar files, which, according to their TOS, AOL then has the right to publish in any way they see fit, including, among other things, providing that information to business competitors. I'd be pretty damn leery of using AIM@Work for any kind of business," said Ben Stanfield, executive editor and founder of MacSlash, Inc.
http://www.aim.com/tos/tos.adp
Under "Content You Post":
"You waive any right to privacy. You waive any right to inspect or approve uses of the content or to be compensated for any such uses"
How this may affect us:
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1775649,00.asp
"They're encouraging businesses to use AIM to discuss details of their business correspondence, even to sync their Outlook contact and calendar files, which, according to their TOS, AOL then has the right to publish in any way they see fit, including, among other things, providing that information to business competitors. I'd be pretty damn leery of using AIM@Work for any kind of business," said Ben Stanfield, executive editor and founder of MacSlash, Inc.
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