What about those notices at the end of some emails that state the email may be privileged and/or confidential? First of all email is not exactly the most private way of communicating.  Your email passes through several ISP's and can be intercepted anywhere along the line. Second, many of these "notices" ask that you delete the email and notify your system manager, how many people actually notify their system manager? One even told me not to read it. See below.

 

 

The information contained in, or attached to, this e-mail, may contain confidential information and is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed and may be subject to legal privilege. If you have received this e-mail in error you should notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail, delete the message from your system and notify your system manager. Please do not copy it for any purpose, or disclose its contents to any other person

 

 

The best one that I have received that indicates that you are not authorized to read the email.  Here it is:

 

It may contain information that is confidential, privileged, proprietary, or otherwise legally exempt from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you are not authorized to read, print, retain, copy or disseminate this message, any part of it, or any attachments. If you have received this message in error, please delete this message and any attachments from your system without reading the content and notify the sender immediately of the inadvertent transmission.

 

Here is one that makes some sense:

 

It may also contain personal views which are not the views of sample company. We may monitor e-mail to and from our network.

 

Comments appreciated.