On 08/06/03 at 01:26 PM you wrote:
> I have been convinced (I think) by our professional responsibility
> folks that confidentiality statements at the end are not worthless,
> just as copyright statements at the end are not worthless.
>
> True, the damage is already done in some sense if the email went to
> the person "on the other side," but if it went to a third party, who
> is a least neutral, it does put the third party on notice that
> confidentiality is claimed. And, if it goes to the intended party, it
> puts them on notice.
A claim is just a claim. Some claims are meritless. Do you have any statute or legal theory under which the claimed confidentiality imposes any actual obligations on the receiving party absent a preexisting agreement between them?
Roy Murphy CSpice: A Mailing List for Clergy Spouses murphy@panix.com http://www.panix.com/~murphy/CSpice.html Received on Mon Aug 11 2003 - 08:43:46 GMT
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