They have no legal force whatsoever on the recipient. Therefore they do not protect the sender from HIPAA regulations. You are still fully liable under HIPAA for any confidential information you include in an email.
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Probably legally required, like the one at the end of my emails. I have no choice. The wording is mandated by HIPAA regulations in the U.S.A. I have no idea what, if any, legal force they actually have on any recipient.
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-----Original Message----- From: Alan Cox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 3:06 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: SCO - more water torture
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Another of them being that nine lines of crap on the end of your message have much value 8)
1. I've not signed a contract with you 2. Its at the bottom so its after not before the declaration
Thats like putting the shrink wrap license in a file you can only access after using the software for a week
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