Judicial Conference Releases Policies on Monitoring, ECF
The Judicial Conference of the United States, the main policymaking body for the federal courts, has released policies on employee Internet monitoring and the administration of electronic case files (ECF). The Judicial Conference withdrew a policy for further consideration in committee that eliminated all expectation of privacy in the workplace. Electronic case file policy mandates that the courts restrict personal identifiers on files in order to increase privacy protection.Judicial Conference Approves Recommendations on Electronic Case File Availability and Internet Use, (PDF) Administrative Offices of the U.S. Courts, September 19, 2001.
