{"id":5472,"date":"2021-07-12T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goldmanstate.com\/?p=5472"},"modified":"2021-07-11T09:32:17","modified_gmt":"2021-07-11T16:32:17","slug":"cover-your-asterisks-with-these-new-email-disclaimers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goldmanstate.com\/2021\/07\/12\/cover-your-asterisks-with-these-new-email-disclaimers\/","title":{"rendered":"Cover Your Asterisks With These New eMail Disclaimers"},"content":{"rendered":"

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.6.0″ custom_padding=”19px||23px|||”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.4.7″ global_module=”2637″ saved_tabs=”all”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.4.7″][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/goldmanstate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/GPB-Bank-Local-Banner.jpg” title_text=”GPB-Bank-Local-Banner” url=”https:\/\/www.goldenpacificbank.com\/” url_new_window=”on” align=”center” _builder_version=”4.9.0″][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.0.1″ min_height=”114px” custom_padding=”17px||2px|||”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.0.1″][et_pb_post_title title=”off” author=”off” categories=”off” comments=”off” featured_image=”off” _builder_version=”4.0.2″ meta_font=”|700|on||||||” meta_text_align=”center” meta_text_color=”#ff0000″ custom_margin=”||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”||0px||false|false”][\/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_post_title meta=”off” featured_image=”off” _builder_version=”4.9.4″ _module_preset=”default” title_font=”Georgia|700||on|||||” title_text_align=”center” title_text_color=”#000000″ title_font_size=”40px” text_orientation=”center” custom_margin=”||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”||0px||false|false” title_font_size_tablet=”” title_font_size_phone=”31px” title_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone”][\/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.7″ header_2_font=”Georgia|300|||||||” header_2_font_size=”21px” custom_margin=”-5px||0px||false|false”]<\/p>\n

Caution: Contents may be combustibly boring<\/h2>\n

[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.0.3″ custom_padding=”0px||0px|||”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.0.3″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Author” _builder_version=”4.0.1″ header_4_text_align=”center” header_6_text_align=”center” header_6_font_size=”13px” custom_margin=”||2px|||”]<\/p>\n

By Ed Goldman<\/h6>\n

[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.6.0″ module_alignment_tablet=”” module_alignment_phone=”” module_alignment_last_edited=”on|phone”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.0.1″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.7″]I<\/span> recently sent an email to my closest friend confirming that he and I would be having dinner together that evening. His one-word reply\u2014”Yep”\u2014was followed by these 49 words:<\/p>\n

“This email and any files or attachments transmitted with it may contain privileged or otherwise confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient or believe that you may have received this communication in error, please advise the sender via reply email and immediately delete the email you received.”<\/em>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/goldmanstate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Back-to-Baton.jpg” alt=”Edgy Cartoon” title_text=”Back-to-Baton” show_in_lightbox=”on” align=”center” _builder_version=”4.9.7″ width=”80%” width_tablet=”93%” width_phone=”95%” width_last_edited=”on|phone” max_width=”95%” max_width_tablet=”” max_width_phone=”” max_width_last_edited=”on|desktop” module_alignment=”center” border_width_all=”1px” box_shadow_style=”preset3″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Caption” _builder_version=”4.9.7″ text_font=”Georgia||on||||||” text_font_size=”14px” text_orientation=”center” custom_margin=”-16px||||false|false” text_font_size_tablet=”” text_font_size_phone=”” text_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone”]<\/p>\n

Back to Baton<\/p>\n

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Then I sent a note to a banker pal. She wrote back a five-word response. Then this appeared:<\/p>\n

\u201cThis email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error, please notify the system manager. This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. If you are not the intended recipient you are notified that disclosing, copying, distributing or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.7″]Believe me, I’m not trying to hit a desired word count by including those disclaimers in toto. (For younger readers: I’m not suggesting the disclaimers were inside the little dog from “The Wizard of Oz”\u2014though I guess if people can claim their dog ate their homework, suggesting the house pet also ate their disclaimer may not be a stretch.)<\/p>\n

What confuses me about these interminable disclaimers\/warnings is that most people receiving emails not meant for them are unlikely to put the information contained therein to nefarious uses. Now, I’m being anecdotal about that claim. Yet no foundation I’m aware of has yet to commission a study of the effect email threats my have on their recipients. But the Fiscal Year 2021-22 funding cycle has just begun, so stay tuned.[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_code admin_label=”Adsense Horizontal” _builder_version=”4.9.4″ width=”90%” width_tablet=”90%” width_phone=”” width_last_edited=”on|desktop” max_width=”90%” module_alignment=”center” custom_margin=”|0px||0px|false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”” custom_margin_phone=”|0px||0px|false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|desktop” global_module=”1433″ saved_tabs=”all”]