OT: Legal "disclaimers" and e-mail

[Kenneth Brody]

Quoting Jean-Pierre A. Radley (Fri, 28 Sep 2007 17:13:37 -0400):

> Mark Luljak propounded (on Fri, Sep 28, 2007 at 05:02:38PM -0400):
> | On Fri, Sep 28, 2007 at 04:49:27PM -0400, Kenneth Brody, the   
> prominent pundit,
> | witicized:
> | > And you thought the "this message is confidential, etc. etc. etc"
> | > signature blocks were obnoxious?  How about getting them in two
> | > languages, like this one I just received?
> |
> | Unless it contained something actually confidential, I think I might just
> | redistribute it out of spite.  :)
>
> Setting aside your inclinations towards spitefulness, how would you
> determine its confidenciality?

Well, most of the ones I've seen usually say that they contain confidential
information, so the notice itself is making the claim.  This one, however
says "MAY contain confidential, protected and legally privileged information".
So, I guess I, as the (intended or not) recipient, can make that decision.
And, if I have repeatedly informed the sender that I am not the intended
recipient[1], and they continue sending it, I guess by their own actions,
they have demonstrated that the information is not "confidential, protected
and legally privileged", and that I am free to do with it as I wish.


[1] I have been receiving such misdirected e-mails for many months.  It is
     supposed to be going to someone in the Dominican Republic, at a domain
     name which is one-off from Laura's.  The first week or two, I replied
     to every one of them, explaining that someone had entered the wrong
     domain name into their database, and to remove any and all references
     to Laura's domain.  The only thing that happened as a result was that
     emails would now come addressed to both domains.  Since then, every
     one that arrives gets reported as spam.

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