Monday, January 30, 2012

#Protecting Privacy: #Email Disclaimers Leveraging Levity

New rule: those cute disclaimers below your signature are often overlooked, rarely carry any real legal recourse, but can be used to insert a subliminal message that will endear you to recipients who appreciate a bit of refreshing levity

We noticed this one that reads:

Notice & Disclaimer: This e-mail is supposed to be a confidential communication and in theory, is intended solely for the recipient(s) named above. But people forward sh*t all of the time, and I can't really stop you from doing the same. This communication may contain information that is proprietary, privileged, trade secret (real or imagined), or might be protected by law in some country or a distant planet against unauthorized use or disclosure.  This message and any file(s) or attachment(s) transmitted with it, are transmitted on a reasonable expectation of privacy. Reasonable is subject to interpretation, and I've given up trusting people to conform to basic requests of privacy. If you have received this message in error and you are not the named recipient(s), please immediately notify the sender

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