Legal Question in Technology Law in New York
I am a shareholder in a cooperative residential building where I have been living for several years. I had some issues with the Board regarding subleasing etc. One of the Board members sent the official Board of Directors response via her personal email to the managing agent who forwarded the same to me, noting that she is forwarding to me an official response from the Board of Directors to my concerns. I replied to the managing agent copying the Board member. She replied to me 'to stop harassing her'?
From what I have heard, the same person has used her 'personal' email
for
official purposes before, and probably has continued to do so.
It is my understanding that once she uses her personal email for the official purposes, it is unethical to prevent others from replying to the same email, especially when its about the business that concerns the recipient of her email and who replies with the legitimate purpose in a professional manner.
I was wondering if there is any Federal Law that may outline this concept private/public use of ones email.
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: email
Sounds like you're being jerked around. It's not harrasment to use an address to communicate to an individual that that individual has used to initiate communication -- at least not the way you've used it (only once and in "reply" mode). If you need to communicate with this board member and she doesn't like you using her "personal" e-mail address, simply ask her for an alternative address that she'd prefer you use for such communications.
It's not harassment unless it's unreasonable -- and what you've done does not sound unreasonable.
A fully complete answer to your question would require additional information; feel free to call me if you like at 212.366.1324.
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