At work my employer has decided that all outgoing emails should have
a standard disclaimer appended to them. Unlike most of these stupid
things, it's just two long lines rather than a massive legal brain
dump.
This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain
privileged, proprietary, or otherwise private information. If you
have received it in error, please notify the sender immediately
and delete the original. Any other use of the email by you is
prohibited.
Danish - Deutsch - English - Español - Français - Italiano -
Japanese - Nederlands - Norsk - Portuguese - Svenska:
www.bigcompany.com/legal/email[1]
According to my copy of the mighty OED
a disclaimer is a statement that denies something, usually responsibility. What in
the email statement above disclaims anything?
Other than keeping lawyers in the lap of luxury what is the point of this statement?
In what way does it protect the company?
- Altered to protect the innocent
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