Don’t tell anyone about this
The Trademark Blog has an interesting post that explains how the law views requests for confidentiality (as in, one party in communication requiring the other party to keep the contents confidential). I didn’t realize that there’s no legal obligation to keep anything confidential if there’s no contract, even if confidentiality is requested.
Chris Hanson Said,
May 1, 2004 @ 5:46 am
That’s why those confidentiality notices that seem to be stuck on many peoples’ email these days are so laughable. They presume to place an obligation on the recipient of an unsolicited message, and not only that, they presume to do it after that message has been read!
Jonathan Greene Said,
May 25, 2004 @ 5:11 am
While you might not have a legal obligation, you might have a moral one…
If you are beta testing software for example, it is rare to have to actually sign an NDA, but rather simply agree to keep things private until the developer is ready for primetime.