They have to know and don't care?

[Crysten]

Federal Law prohibits spying on US Citizens without the express direction of a court order. And this is generally reserved for terrorism cases, drug trafficers, child pornographers, organized crime -- you get the point. ISPs and telecoms are specificallly prohibited from targetting and exploiting customer information stored on their systems.

That being said, most IT companies have tens of thousands of customers. The off-chance that any one of their employees, during the course of their regular job, is going to accidentally pull up and "research" into your personal files is exceedingly small. And even if they did, in the position they're in, they've seen it all before. Many, many times.

Generally, IT professionals will only look into personal files AT THE REQUEST OF THE CUSTOMER (to fix problems etc). So, be aware of what you're asking for - you may get more than you bargained for.

[Karren H]

I work for the feds; it is their desktop, their Blackberry and their laptop. Certainly the desktop and the Blackberry are monitored. (Once someone in our branch was outed for looking at porn sites.) In any case, I never use these computers for personal stuff except to check news, weather, etc.

Anyway -- Karren, if your IT folks did look at your conversations here, I hope they enjoyed them as much as we do!

Awww Thanks!!!

and I'd like to take this opertunity to say how wonderful our IT department is.... The Best in the world!! (wink wink)...... :D

[Deidra Cowen]

I agree, those pesky IT guys for sure looked through and have you spotted. Well heck nothing is sure in life so lets say its probably 99% you are busted.

I would guess, and I am not buttering you by the way....you come across as a very likeable person and I would guess you are popular at your work place. As far as your Tgirl'ing stuff goes its fairly innocent. Places like this and I know you like fashion and all that. So no dirty kinky stuff ...anyway add those up those factors and therefore no big negative reaction.

By the way at my company several times laptops have been turned in for various reasons. Within days the rumor mill at the company is circulating what that individual had on their hard-drive. One guy had a deal for those girls that are Hermo...I can't remember how to spell it but you know reproductive organs both male and female.

I never use my laptop or blackberry for tgirl stuff. I do get text messages from CD friends on the blackberry but delete those, that however is my weak spot and I am too cheap to buy a personal cell just for CDing.

[Bootsiegalore]

Hermo...I can't remember how to spell

......Hermaphrodite

[Stephanie-L]

Hmm. Interesting. At work I often check my various email acounts on the work computers, never had a problem. However I cannot access this forum (I have gotten to the point that I don't care if they find out), but I can access another very similarly named forum, so I can conclude that this one is specifically blocked, which means that someone in IT did it on purpose. I do know of at least one person getting fired for downloading porn at work. Anyway, I also try to keep most things I would consider "sensitive" off the work system and only on my home system.....Stephanie

[karynspanties]

I made the mistake of using the a company computer going through tg sites. As I was looking at a site, a message came up on the screen " Get off the computer". It was from our IT guy. He had software on his system that enabled him to see 8 differant computer screens at the same time in real time. He saw what I was looking at. It was also logged and put in my personnel file. I did not loose my job but he did have a big mouth. Everyone including my employer knew by the end of the day. He was an ass. I did not loose my job, the company went out of business a few years later. Owner went through a very messy divorce and it cost him his business. The It guy.....ended up dead from a heart attack at age 39. So what did I learn? Never use company phones or computers for anything personal.

[nikkijo]

chances are they just hooked it to a computer went to *228 (back up assistant), and transferred everything to your new phone... and never even knew what was on it

[kimdl93]

I am very careful to keep my personal information and browsing activities on a personal device. Our IT department is very strict about such things...basically we're warned that if we don't want it shared, we shouldn't have it on our work devices.

That being said, its possible that the IT guy just copied the personal stuff en masse w/o really looking at it. Still, I'd keep it all separate for your sake as well as your family's!