Tuesday, 10 May 2011

Stupid email legal disclaimers

I'm seeing a lot of riduculous confidentiality disclaimers on emails lately so I've decided to write my own. Please feel free to use as you see fit!


IMPORTANT INFORMATION/DISCLAIMER

This document should be read only by those persons to whom it is addressed. If you have received this message, then it was addressed to you and therefore you can read it, even if I didn’t mean to send it to you, in which case please let me know so I can send it to the right person. By sending an email to my addresses I will assume that I am "the intended recipient" and I will certainly read it and act upon it, even if it is to tell you that you’ve sent it to me by mistake. Please note that disclaimers usually seek to impose a contractual obligation unilaterally, and are unenforceable, and so not worth the time it would take to read them, which nobody does, and only include them as they see others doing the same thing. As such, this one overrides any disclaimer or statement of confidentiality that may be included on your message.