IT Procedures for monitoring emails

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Dear Kingston University,

Please supply the following information, as requested under the Freedom of Information Act:

1) Do you monitor emails sent and received by students and staff using the institution’s email system?
2) Do you monitor and record information contained in emails based on an agreement with the authorities according to the Counter Terrorism and Security Act 2015?
3) What is the total cost to your organisation of monitoring emails as part of legal obligations set out by the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015?
4) How many staff are involved in monitoring the emails of students and staff members using the institution's domain?

Yours faithfully,

Areeb Ullah

Porteous, Lyn D, Kingston University

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Dear Areeb,

Thank you for your recent request for information relating to Kingston University. Your request was received on 08/02/17 and is now being dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please note that we are treating the attached request which was received at about the same time as a duplicate of this one, so we will just prepare the one response.

Please note that in some circumstances a fee may be payable prior to information being supplied. If a charge is applicable in this case I will contact you to request payment before proceeding further. Details of the University’s charging policy can be found in section 3 of its Freedom of Information Policy, available at the link below:

http://www.kingston.ac.uk/aboutkingstonu...

I will be in touch again in due course and in any event not later than 08/03/17 this being twenty working days following receipt of your request. In the meantime, please feel free to contact me if I can be of any further assistance.

Kind regards,

Lyn

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Lyn Porteous
Resources and Compliance Team
Library and Learning Services
Kingston University

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Porteous, Lyn D, Kingston University

Dear Areeb,

 

Further to your recent request for information, the University’s response
follows.

 

1)      Do you monitor emails sent and received by students and staff
using the institution’s email system?

 

No.  Please refer to Section 7.4 of our Acceptable Use – Email policy
available on our website [1]here.

 

2)      Do you monitor and record information contained in emails based on
an agreement with the authorities according to the Counter Terrorism and
Security Act 2015?

 

No.  Please refer to Section 7.4 of our Acceptable Use – Email policy
available on our website [2]here.

 

3)      What is the total cost to your organisation of monitoring emails
as part of legal obligations set out by the Counter-Terrorism and Security
Act 2015?

 

None.

 

4)      How many staff are involved in monitoring the emails of students
and staff members using the institution's domain?

 

None

 

This completes the University’s response to your information request. If
you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your
request and wish to make a complaint or request an internal review of our
decision please contact:

Director of the Vice-Chancellor’s Advisory and Support Department, email :
[3][email address] or by post: Kingston University,
River House, 53-57 High Street, Kingston upon Thames, KT1 1LQ.

 

In the event that you are not content with the outcome of your complaint
you may then apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a
decision. Generally, the Information Commissioner cannot make a decision
unless you have exhausted the complaints procedure provided by Kingston
University. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: The
Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow,
Cheshire, SK9 5AF.

 

I hope that you now have the information you require.

 

Kind regards,

 

Lyn

 

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Lyn Porteous

Resources and Compliance Team

Library and Learning Services

Kingston University

 

 

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