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Re: Email Disclaimers
From: "Jones, Dan" <Dan.Jones () UMASSMED EDU>
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 14:01:49 +0000
Kevin, OGC here at UMass has said that adding a blanket disclaimer to everything diminishes the efficacy of the disclaimer. If instead users append the disclaimer where it is needed, the value of the disclaimer increases. Perhaps adding this on a per-OU or per-department basis would be better than having it be appended for all. Of course YMMV, and opinions abound. /d On Mar 12, 2012, at 9:45 AM, "Mclaughlin, Kevin (mclaugkl)" <mclaugkl () UCMAIL UC EDU> wrote:
Hi: That works as well. There is a definite mixed camp on this issue and the best I can tell is that a lot of companies use them, especially in the HIPAA realm, to basically have some liability coverage (i.e. screen banners are what I would somewhat see as a similar area). However, please don't send me a long list of reasons as to the whys and wherefores of the opinion - I value them - I truly do - but I have read literally thousands of differing opinions over the past 2 weeks and am a bit burned out on those. lol there seems to be about a 60-40 split with 60% being yes they are needed and 40% being no, they are not needed. That being said if you want to respond that they have no use that is a good data point for me to have and I will compile those responses into the feedback I provide the listserv. Please send responses directly to me if you don't mind. Warm Regards, - Kevin Kevin L. McLaughlin, CISM, CISSP, GIAC-GSLC, CRISC, PMP, ITIL Master Certified Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) & Assistant Vice President Administration & Finance TEWG-Region 6 TLO University of Cincinnati 513-556-9177 The University of Cincinnati is one of America's top public research institutions and one of the region's largest employers, with a student population of more than 42,700. Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information protected by state and federal privacy laws (including, but not limited to, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996("HIPAA"). Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. -----Original Message----- From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Julian Y Koh Sent: Monday, March 12, 2012 9:35 AM To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Email Disclaimers -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Mon Mar 12 2012 08:18:02 Central Time, "Mclaughlin, Kevin (mclaugkl)" wrote:I have been asked to see if other IHEs make use of email disclaimers. If you require or strongly recommend the use of email disclaimers at your institution would you kick me an off-list email to let me know? I will compile the results (redacted) and post a summary back to the list.What if we think they're silly and useless? :) - -- Julian Y. Koh <mailto:kohster () northwestern edu> Manager, Network Transport <phone:847-467-5780> Telecommunications and Network Services Northwestern University PGP Public Key:<http://bt.ittns.northwestern.edu/julian/pgppubkey.html> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.17 (Darwin) Comment: GPGTools - http://gpgtools.org iEYEARECAAYFAk9d+50ACgkQDlQHnMkeAWOIBQCdGOnu+g6f7icKuCcGuESzZiGT Ni4AnjMIhw5RZcpe4/QOO2Snb3/4kEBI =CTsp -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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- Email Disclaimers Mclaughlin, Kevin (mclaugkl) (Mar 12)
- Re: Email Disclaimers Julian Y Koh (Mar 12)
- Re: Email Disclaimers Mclaughlin, Kevin (mclaugkl) (Mar 12)
- Re: Email Disclaimers Jones, Dan (Mar 12)
- Re: Email Disclaimers David Curry (Mar 12)
- Re: Email Disclaimers Christopher Hickernell (Mar 12)
- Re: Email Disclaimers Pete Hickey (Mar 12)
- Re: Email Disclaimers Valdis Kletnieks (Mar 12)
- Re: Email Disclaimers Simon Pedersen (Mar 12)
- Re: Email Disclaimers Mclaughlin, Kevin (mclaugkl) (Mar 12)
- Re: Email Disclaimers Julian Y Koh (Mar 12)
- Re: Email Disclaimers Louis APONTE (Mar 12)
- Re: Email Disclaimers Hugh Burley (Mar 13)
- Re: Email Disclaimers David Gillett (Mar 13)
- Re: Email Disclaimers Jacobson, Dick (Mar 13)
- Re: Email Disclaimers David Gillett (Mar 13)
- Re: Email Disclaimers Dennis Tracz (Mar 13)