Comments on: Confidential and Not for Distribution http://www.confidentialresource.com/2008/04/28/confidential-and-not-for-distribution/ Sources & Methods for the Investigator Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:25:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 By: Richard McEachin http://www.confidentialresource.com/2008/04/28/confidential-and-not-for-distribution/#comment-10487 Richard McEachin Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:23:18 +0000 http://www.confidentialresource.com/2008/04/28/confidential-and-not-for-distribution/#comment-10487 Dan: I don't think putting "Confidential" on everything is the answer. That would just mean more site traffic and more careless employees. It's the careless employees that we have now that need "re-educating". Of course, I have a vested interest. "Confidential on everything" and "careful employees" would make my job more difficult. Dan:

I don’t think putting “Confidential” on everything is the answer. That would just mean more site traffic and more careless employees. It’s the careless employees that we have now that need “re-educating”.

Of course, I have a vested interest. “Confidential on everything” and “careful employees” would make my job more difficult.

]]> By: Dan McHugh http://www.confidentialresource.com/2008/04/28/confidential-and-not-for-distribution/#comment-10481 Dan McHugh Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:28:28 +0000 http://www.confidentialresource.com/2008/04/28/confidential-and-not-for-distribution/#comment-10481 Richard, you're absolutely right on this one. While there's not too many docs on microsoft.com that sneak through that filter, I'm sure if I looked at a smaller multinational things would be different. What's your take on slapping "Confidential" on every document though? I heard that from a legal perspective the more you overuse the term on your documents the less relevent that "confidential-ness" (is that a word?) applies to current and future documents. That doesn't take away from your point about having a very secure holding aread for online documents of the confidential nature. Richard, you’re absolutely right on this one. While there’s not too many docs on microsoft.com that sneak through that filter, I’m sure if I looked at a smaller multinational things would be different.

What’s your take on slapping “Confidential” on every document though? I heard that from a legal perspective the more you overuse the term on your documents the less relevent that “confidential-ness” (is that a word?) applies to current and future documents.

That doesn’t take away from your point about having a very secure holding aread for online documents of the confidential nature.

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