Comments on: Ugly, ugly email disclaimers http://wongablog.co.uk/2007/07/30/ugly-ugly-email-disclaimers/ like balloons, only with dancing Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:35:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Ed http://wongablog.co.uk/2007/07/30/ugly-ugly-email-disclaimers/#comment-6087 Ed Mon, 30 Jul 2007 19:41:57 +0000 http://wongablog.djcounsell.org/?p=2579#comment-6087 We have this: start quote: This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mails are not encrypted and cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. If verification is required please request a hard-copy version. This message is provided for informational purposes and should not be construed as a solicitation or offer to buy or sell any securities or related financial instruments. end quote We also have a bit more about my company and it's regulatory bodies / registered addresses. The main one is "This message is provided for informational purposes and should not be construed as a solicitation or offer to buy or sell any securities or related financial instruments" for us. I guess the virus one is just to cover us legally, but the reputational risk is extremely high. The section about disseminating information is probably just a big warning/threat. I suppose there could be some form of legal consequence, but I'm not sure. The scenario I can think of is if information about an IPO were accidentally sent out. This would be privileged information and acting on it could get that person into serious trouble. I would say that it's only kind to inform people of mis-addressed emails. We have this:

start quote:
This message contains confidential information and is intended only
for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you
should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please
notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this
e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system.

E-mails are not encrypted and cannot be guaranteed to be secure or
error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost,
destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender
therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the
contents of this message which arise as a result of e-mail transmission.
If verification is required please request a hard-copy version. This
message is provided for informational purposes and should not be
construed as a solicitation or offer to buy or sell any securities
or related financial instruments.
end quote

We also have a bit more about my company and it’s regulatory bodies / registered addresses.

The main one is “This message is provided for informational purposes and should not be construed as a solicitation or offer to buy or sell any securities or related financial instruments” for us. I guess the virus one is just to cover us legally, but the reputational risk is extremely high.
The section about disseminating information is probably just a big warning/threat. I suppose there could be some form of legal consequence, but I’m not sure. The scenario I can think of is if information about an IPO were accidentally sent out. This would be privileged information and acting on it could get that person into serious trouble.

I would say that it’s only kind to inform people of mis-addressed emails.

]]> By: Andrew http://wongablog.co.uk/2007/07/30/ugly-ugly-email-disclaimers/#comment-6086 Andrew Mon, 30 Jul 2007 19:41:00 +0000 http://wongablog.djcounsell.org/?p=2579#comment-6086 Maybe, but I'd probably consider an email without the disclaimer to be the mark of a company clever enough to get out of such ridiculous crap :-) Maybe, but I’d probably consider an email without the disclaimer to be the mark of a company clever enough to get out of such ridiculous crap :-)

]]> By: Nod http://wongablog.co.uk/2007/07/30/ugly-ugly-email-disclaimers/#comment-6085 Nod Mon, 30 Jul 2007 19:38:35 +0000 http://wongablog.djcounsell.org/?p=2579#comment-6085 It has got to the point, where an email from a company employee without the disclaimer is unusual, improper and too short to feel like it has the full weight of a business email. It has got to the point, where an email from a company employee without the disclaimer is unusual, improper and too short to feel like it has the full weight of a business email.

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