dfreybur
Premium Member
Today I received an email from one of my Illinois lodges. It had the name of the candidate and the names of the degree team. In Illinois a lodge is not allowed to publish member names in materials that get general access like newspapers and books, but a lodge is allowed to publish member names in materials that go point to point like paper mail in a sealed envelope or an email.
It's an interesting contrast that neither type of communications is allowed in Texas. In Texas paper mail and email are viewed as not sufficiently private even though they are point to point. This makes sense in email as email is private with no guarantee of privacy. This makes sense in paper mail because even though it does in theory guarantee privacy it is a law often breached.
It's an interesting contrast that neither type of communications is allowed in Texas. In Texas paper mail and email are viewed as not sufficiently private even though they are point to point. This makes sense in email as email is private with no guarantee of privacy. This makes sense in paper mail because even though it does in theory guarantee privacy it is a law often breached.