Re: Allow groups.io messages to be more personal
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It does not compromise legality.?
For the third or fourth time in this discussion, I will say that the legally required material can be stated concisely in a footer that would always be present.
That would permit the narrative to be expressed in the words of the Owner.
-P.
On Tue, Jun 13, 2023 at 5:40?PM Chris Jones via <chrisjones12= [email protected]> wrote: On Tue, Jun 13, 2023 at 08:37 PM, Peter S. Shenkin wrote:
But I don't see why official?wording is needed at all, just as long as the required information is present. And as I said, all the officially required boilerplate could concisely be put in a required footer and the user's desired message could then replace the official text entirely.
It is needed because Mark Fletcher (who owns Groups.io) recognises that he has a legal responsibility to ensure that his Company observes the law; what you are asking for effectively strips him and Groups.io of that responsibility and delegates it to individual group owners who may (or may not) include that which is legally required into some messages. In his position I don 't think I would countenance any such delegation. What might or would happen if a group owner failed to incorporate material that is legally required??
Furthermore the "officially required boilerplate" is probably already as concise as the company's legal advisers will allow it to be, and burying it in a footer is simply not appropriate; "small print" has an unhappy reputation and putting it into a footer would effectively reduce it to the status of small print.?
I am very much with Greg D when he writes?I expect it's a matter of legal risk avoidance.? Depending on jurisdiction, Groups.io could be held responsible for the legal text, which they cannot control unless they force its inclusion.
Chris.?
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Peter S. Shenkin