Re: Confidentiality Statement: Emails

[David Gillett <gillettdavid () FHDA EDU>]

  How about

"If we screwed up, and we'd like to hold you legally responsible for
any consequences."

David Gillett


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> From: Julian Y. Koh [mailto:kohster () NORTHWESTERN EDU]
> Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2009 9:06 AM
> To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
> Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Confidentiality Statement: Emails
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> At 09:58 -0400 5/21/2009, Robert Clifford wrote:
> > I'm looking for a confidentiality statement which would
> automatically
> > be plugged into the footer of all college employee emails.
>
> At the risk of sounding too curmudgeonly, how about this:
>
> "Statements about confidentiality with respect to email are
> relatively worthless.  If you have received this message and
> shouldn't have, please just be nice about it and delete it,
> since really I can't stop you or anyone else who might have
> read it from doing whatever you want with it."
>
> :):)
>
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