Best email Disclaimer ?

[Sankar Anand]

I think adding Disclaimer in Email signature is recommended and must be encouraged ? What do you legal geeks think about it ?

This is the disclaimer i use for my email provided by Google. What do you think about this disclaimer ? or do you have any best disclaimer ?

DISCLAIMER:
This 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. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the company. Finally, the recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. Sankar Anand or Gmail™ of Google® accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email.

[rajiv]

To my mind, there can be no "best" email disclaimer. You can have top legal luminaries to draft the disclaimer but the courts generally do not place too much reliance on disclaimers.

The logic is very simple - "you cannot disown what you have already done merely by saying that that you haven't done it". You have to back it up by more evidence and facts. The position of disclaimers is akin to terms and conditions in a contract. If these are not reasonable then the parties are not bound by them.

You can have a look at some more sample email disclaimers @

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/privacy/email-disclaimer.htm
http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/Growth_and_Innovation_files/Sample%20-%20email%20disclaimer.doc

[Meenu]

yes.....Disclaimers can't be Perfect defense...