Tag: Mark your emails confidential or do not forward when emailing local council

FYI: Durham Residents:

If emailing our Town Council members of Whitby, and you want your email to be viewed only by the person (s) you address it to, please make sure you mark your email “Private and Confidential” or Specify you do not want your email  forwarded to any one else.

A local resident is up in arms about a recent email she  sent to Whitby Mayor Pat Perkins in which she stated some concerns she had regarding Regional Chair Roger Anderson. The resident did not want the email to go to Mr. Anderson and thought she was sharing in confidence her concerns with some one she felt would either understand or perhaps offer possible solutions.

The email in question did in fact end up being received by Mr. Anderson although no one from the Town of Whitby seems to know who forwarded the email to Mr. Anderson. However, the resident in question received an email personally from Mr. Anderson addressing her concerns.

It is unfortunate this happened, for I am sure the resident in question is now reluctant to voice any future concerns. Hopefully, due to this particular incident being published this sort of thing will not be happening in the future.

If you have concerns regarding the direction the Town of Whitby may be taking, or about anything you would like answers to, don’t hesitate to send in your concerns. 

However always keep in mind that even with marking your email “confidential” or Do not forward there still may be circumstances in which the email could legally be disclosed without the consent of the original sender….

Source: Whitby This Week: March 30^th Edition: