> Depends on what it is disclaiming. For example, I have a disclaimer in >the personal sig I use when posting to public forums such as this, because I >work for a company that provides professional computer services, and I want >to make it very clear that this is *me* talking, and not my employer. That >makes sense to me on a personal level, and is "legal" for as much as it says >(which is not much).
I would have Agreed with a deisclimer of that type, But this diclaimer is one that starts with "Content of this message is Private and Previladged ..........." You have pretty clear arguments on disclimers Scott.. thats nice., Kuminda Chandimith Sr. Technical Consultant Ducont.com FZ-LLC Tel: + 971-4-3913000 Ext 237 Fax: +971-4-3913001 http://www.ducont.com -----Original Message----- From: Benjamin Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 11 November 2001 22:29 To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Re: Why you don't like disclaimers... On Sat, 10 Nov 2001, Kuminda Chandimith wrote: > I don't like disclaimers more than any of you do... But I want to show him > why a disclaimer is such a useless idea. Depends on what it is disclaiming. For example, I have a disclaimer in the personal sig I use when posting to public forums such as this, because I work for a company that provides professional computer services, and I want to make it very clear that this is *me* talking, and not my employer. That makes sense to me on a personal level, and is "legal" for as much as it says (which is not much). A company-wide disclaimer that says, in effect, "Email is not secure; do not use it for confidential information" are a little tacky but not unreasonable. On the other hand... Company-wide disclaimers that say the information is confidential are worse than useless, IMNSHO. The Internet is a public network; posting confidential information to a public network is an obvious failure of due diligence. Conceivably, a good lawyer could even make the case that since you posted confidential information to a public network, you no longer consider the information confidential, and thus release your rights to it (of course, a good lawyer can argue anything). Most of all, I dislike company-wide disclaimers because I think they look tacky. When I correspond with our customers by snail-mail, I do not include blanket notices of confidentiality or disclaimers of warranty. To do so would be arrogant, condescending, and rude. So, I do not do so for email, either. Ask your boss: Which is more important, covering yourself with a cellophane fig-leaf, or looking professional to your customers? -- Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not | | necessarily represent the views or policy of any other person, entity or | | organization. All information is provided without warranty of any kind. | _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
