In the spirit of Jeff Goldmark's Stupid Email Disclaimers, I thought I'd independently continue the series whenever I stumble upon a corporate email disclaimer largely composed of bullshit.
The reasons for why corporate email disclaimers are usually worth less than the electrons they're sent with is explained on Jeff's web site... To get us started, here's the email disclaimer from Scottish Widows (a part of Lloyds Banking Group, as they helpfully tell us) with linebreaks added for readability:
******************************************************************************* As part of the Lloyds Banking Group, Scottish Widows is proud to be an Official Provider of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. www.scottishwidows.co.uk/london2012 This E-Mail is confidential. Unauthorised recipients must notify the sender immediately on 0131-655-6789 and must delete the original E-Mail without taking a copy. We virus scan and monitor all e-mails but are not responsible for any damage caused by a virus or alteration or our email by a third party after transmission. The E-Mail is not intended nor should it be taken to create any legal relations, contractual or otherwise. The following companies are part of the Scottish Widows Group and, with the exception of Scottish Widows Services Limited, are authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. They are all registered in the United Kingdom: Scottish Widows plc, Co No. 199549/FSA Register No. 191517; Scottish Widows Annuities Limited, Co No.199550/FSA Register No. 191518; Scottish Widows Services Limited, Co No.189975; Scottish Widows Unit Funds Limited, Co No. 74809/FSA Register No. 202648; all having their Registered Office at 69 Morrison Street, Edinburgh, EH3 8YF. Scottish Widows Bank plc, Co No. 154554/FSA Register No. 201601. Registered Office at 67 Morrison Street, Edinburgh, EH3 8YJ. Scottish Widows Unit Trust Managers Limited, Co No. 1629925/FSA Register Co No. 122129, Registered Office at Charlton Place, Andover, Hampshire SP10 1RE. Scottish Widows Investment Partnership Limited, Co No. 794936/FSA Register Co No. 193707; SWIP Fund Management Limited, Co No. 406604/FSA Register No. 122135 and SWIP Multi-Manager Funds Limited, Co No. 5582499/FSA Register No. 455821; all having their Registered Office at 33 Old Broad Street, London EC2N 1HZ. Scottish Widows Fund Management Limited, Co No. 74517/FSA Register No. 119359; Pensions Management (SWF) Limited, Co No. 45361/FSA Register No. 110422; all having their Registered Office at 15 Dalkeith Road, Edinburgh, EH16 5BU. Lloyds TSB Investments Limited, Co No. 106723/FSA Register No. 122130, Registered Office at 60 Morrison Street, Edinburgh, EH3 8BE. Scottish Widows Administration Services Limited, Co No. 1132760/FSA Register No. 139398, Registered Office at 25 Gresham Street, London, EC2V 7HN. All of the above companies are part of the Lloyds Banking Group. *******************************************************************************
In this case, the email disclaimer was over 5x longer than the content of the email - if I was feeling grumpier, I would've classified this message as spam.
More coming as/when I get them.
