There's also
http://www.weblaw.co.uk/articles/faqs_on_emails_disclaimers_and_the_law/
According to which "The question of the effect of disclaimers is
vexed"...
I was also highly amused to find the following text at the end of at
least one Home Office consultation paper:
"If you want the information that you provide to be treated as
confidential, please be aware that, under the FOIA, there is a statutory
Code of Practice with which public authorities
must comply and which deals, amongst other things, with obligations of
confidence. In view of this it would be helpful if you could explain to
us why you regard the information you have provided as confidential. If
we receive a request for disclosure of the information we will take full
account of your explanation, but we cannot give an assurance that
confidentiality can be maintained in all circumstances. An automatic
confidentiality disclaimer generated by
your IT system will not, of itself, be regarded as binding on the
Department."
Andrew
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> Roland Perry
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> Subject: Re: E-mail / letter disclaimers
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> In message <[log in to unmask]>, at
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> Tue, 17 Jun 2008, simon howarth <[log in to unmask]> writes
> >My view is that email disclaimers are a waste of time.
>
> I agree. This comes up over and over again. Here's a useful resource:
>
> http://www.goldmark.org/jeff/stupid-disclaimers/
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