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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Hi Damien,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I don’t know the answer to this –
but I would personally be very surprised if email had the same status as a
signed document! Email has big limitations in terms of security and identification
(well ‘limitations’ is an understatement), so in a court of law, there would no
certainty at all that an email was sent by a particular person. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Adrian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:#002060'>Adrian Janson </span></b><b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#002060'>B.Sc, Dip.Ed, M.Ed<br>
</span></b><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:#002060'>Director of ICT<br>
</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:#244061'>Melbourne High School, Forrest Hill, South Yarra, Victoria 3141
Australia.<br>
Phone: 03 9826 0711 International: +61 3 9826 0711<br>
Fax: 03 9826 8767 International: +61 3 9826 8767<br>
E-mail: <a href="janson.adrian.a@edumail.vic.gov.au">janson.adrian.a@edumail.vic.gov.au</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#244061'>Website: <a href="http://www.mhs.vic.edu.au/">http://www.mhs.vic.edu.au</a></span><span
style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#244061'>Blog: <a href="http://jansona.edublogs.org/" target="_blank">http://jansona.edublogs.org</a></span><span
style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au
[mailto:itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au] <b>On Behalf Of </b>ATKINSON-BUCK,
Damien<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, 18 August 2010 2:01 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Year 12 IT Apps] Emails as a legal document<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Hi
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I’ve been asked to have a look at a friend’s email policy – the preamble into
it got me a little flustered and I’m just trying to work out the legitimacy of
the statement “</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Email
carries the same legal status as a signed letter or memo.” </span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I’ve had a look in
the telecommunications act and the postal act but cannot find it. I’m wondering
if anyone out there knows if this statement is pure smoke or not.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thanks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Damien<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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