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It's illegal to do the things that those words describe. The actions are the problem, not the words. If you stop doing the thing, you naturally won't send emails saying you're doing the thing.



>If you stop doing the thing, you naturally won't send emails saying you're doing the thing.

This is equivalent to "if you're not doing anything bad, you have nothing to hide". People speak imprecisely all the time. People also say things all the time that are correct and only describe legal behavior, but sound bad if taken out of context by a prosecutor out to get the company.


> This is equivalent to "if you're not doing anything bad, you have nothing to hide".

How is it? That's an argument about privacy, not about whether something looks illegal.

> People speak imprecisely all the time. People also say things all the time that are correct and only describe legal behavior, but sound bad if taken out of context by a prosecutor out to get the company.

Courts are aware of this and exercise judgement.




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