carpal tunnel
Registered: 13/02/2002
Posts: 3212
Loc: Portland, OR
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Quote: What a ridiculously huge breach of confidentiality by the .org folks.
How so? [...] if somebody send me an e-mail by mistake -- by flubbing the address -- what obligations do I have to keep that private? Sure, if it had information that I could abuse -- a bank account number or medical information -- there would be some moral if not legal obligation, but a "cage list"?
Well, there *are* all those silly disclaimers stuck on the bottom of email, nowadays, such as these taken from one of the emails on the site:
======================================================================== This message may contain confidential and privileged information. If it has been sent to you in error, please reply to advise the sender of the error and then immediately delete this message. ========================================================================
-------------------------------------------------------------------- Modrall, Sperling, Roehl, Harris & Sisk, P.A. -------------------------------------------------------------------- THIS MESSAGE IS INTENDED ONLY FOR THE USE OF THE INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY TO WHICH IT IS ADDRESSED AND MAY CONTAIN INFORMATION THAT IS PRIVILEGED, CONFIDENTIAL AND EXEMPT FROM DISCLOSURE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or agent responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this electronic transmission in error, please delete it from your system without copying it, and notify the sender by reply e-mail or by calling 505.848.1800, so that our address record can be corrected. Thank you.
Whether or not those riders mean anything legally, though, is a good question. They're annoying as all get out when they're longer than the message they're attached too, though. 
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