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A NEW law which governs how busi- nesses treat their emails has been in place since January but is still catch- ing a lot of people out, according to a leading mid-west business solutions provider.
Vincent Hely, who has recently joined the new Ennis office of PA- QIT Solutions, the computer support company in Ennis, said that the new regulations are “something a lot of people are not even aware of, despite the fact that they are now legal re- 6] USB aoseates pL Riae
The new regulations cover legal requirements for email footers and headers, said Hely.
Mandatory information which now has to be included by a pri- vate or public limited company or a Limited Liability Partnership on let- terheads, order forms and all business emails are the company registration
number, the place of registration (e.g. Ireland or England etc.) and the reg- istered office address
The information should also appear on the company’s website. Failure to comply with these requirements puts the company at risk of a fine. These details are not required of sole trad- ers or Standard partnerships.
Confidentiality notices come under the optional heading, said Hely.
“Some organisations add a confi- dentiality notice to every outgoing email. If the disclosure of the content of an email becomes the subject of a dispute, it can be argued before a court that the recipient should have known to not disclose the informa- tion,” he said.