Re: Email Disclaimers

[Hugh Burley <Hburley () TRU CA>]

Although I fall on the "silly and useless" side of the debate, many here
have begun to append these messages to email. The fact that we have
published standards stating that encryption is required for any
confidential information that is transmitted or stored outside of our
local area network does not seem to have been considered by these
individuals.
 
Perhaps the real question should be; Could appending a disclaimer do
harm?  Possibly. We have published standards that forbid this activity.
In the event that a legal review were conducted, the university's
published standards would likely out weight the personal disclaimer and
would provide clear evidence that the information was sent
intentionally. 
 
Obviously I am not a lawyer and this is a question I would need to put
to our GC.
 
Regards,
 
 
Hugh Burley
Thompson Rivers University
ITS - Senior Technology Coordinator
Information Security Officer
CISSP, CIPP/C, CISA
Security, Privacy, Audit
BCCOL - 222D
250-852-6351

> > > "Mclaughlin, Kevin (mclaugkl)" <mclaugkl () UCMAIL UC EDU> 3/12/12
6:18 am >>>

Hi Everyone:
 
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.
 
Thanks,
- 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
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