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We all receive emails sent only to us, and we send emails addressed only to one person. What if the person to whom you send an email goes ahead and forwards it to others, even though there is no indication that you wanted them to do so?
Do you think that this is OK? Do you thing that it is bad manners, or do you think it is illegal? The question is: Do you have an expectation of privacy when you send someone a personal email?
Here are some comments I found on the Internet regarding this issue:
1. The people you include in the “To” field should be the people you expect to read and respond to the message. The “CC” field should be used sparingly. You should only CC people who have a need to stay in the know. The “BCC” field should be used even more sparingly. People you include in the “BCC” field will not be visible to others.
2. if you are forwarding a private e-mail that was sent to you, you must get the sender’s permission to forward it on to others (or post it publicly). E-mails are copyright protected by their authors. Not only that, common courtesy dictates that you should ask the author first if the e-mail sent for your eyes only can be forwarded to strangers or others for which it was not originally intended.
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—Paul, Editor @Blogfinger
Editor’s note: Our policy on Blogfinger is that if you send us an email, we may publish it, UNLESS you ask us not to—then we will honor that request. You can find that rule in our “contact” page on top. Paul