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To be honest I don't like this confidentiality notes and from what I've read (not a lawyer) they don't have any practical effect either.
by Leace 7y ago
To be honest I don't like this confidentiality notes and from what I've read (not a lawyer) they don't have any practical effect either.
- macspoofing 7y agoIt's there, it wasn't my call to put it in.
- reaperducer 7y agoI always giggle when I see those. Especially the part about how "if you are not the intended recipient, you are ordered to destroy all copies of this message." It's my computer. You sent the bad message. You're in no position to "order" me to do anything. I suspect they're mandated by self-important Lower Middle Manager of the Year Award nominees, not actual legal departments. The sort of people who never do anything but push papers around, yet put a bunch of meaningless initials after their name in e-mail signatures because they went to a conference.
- crankylinuxuser 7y agoAnd cargo-culting. Most email templates are set up from old instructions hanging around confluence or a wiki. And they are rarely, if ever, actually vetted by legal. It 'feels' good, so it stays.
- Wowfunhappy 7y ago> Especially the part about how "if you are not the intended recipient, you are ordered to destroy all copies of this message." It's my computer. You sent the bad message. You're in no position to "order" me to do anything. Best case scenario, someone listens and destroys the message. Worst case scenario, the company is no worse off than if they hadn't included the disclaimer. Makes sense from my perspective.
- rhizome 7y agoForget it, Jake. I have a doctor who has a big old footer, "If you have any questions, reply to this HIPAA-compliant email." I explained the problem with this in detail, but it's still there.