Disclaimer !!

     Disclaimer basically means “a statement that denies something, especially responsibility.” These days disclaimers are very prominent be it an event, movies, official documents, agreements, contracts, bills etc., Since awareness has become more common these days disclaimers are getting very common too – big thanks to social media and Google for the amount of awareness people are abreast these days. Sometimes disclaimers are lawfully enforced and sometimes it is just informational.

      I am just wondering what is the use of disclaimers when the message is purely informational and not creating any impact…for example let us say we get an email from an official ID and there is a disclaimer written at the bottom saying computer viruses may be transmitted through email. Well the sender is adhering to the rules of the organization and hence keeping the disclaimer in the email communication but the receiver from his/her end also may be compliant by proper maintenance with the PC. So if a virus is transmitted by any chance who is held accountable?

    I am trying to think it through how can disclaimers create a positive impact; May be along with the disclaimers have a link to download a piece of software which can do a quick scan to your PC. There are statutory warning messages in the films which appear whenever the hero is in toxic mode. This is becoming more of a formality rather I would increase the price of cigars exorbitantly high on bringing more control to the whole process by linking smoking habits with driver license renewals etc., In contracts, Terms/agreements the wordings are very clever in such a way people either overlook or misunderstand – maybe a quick video giving more awareness to what people are signing for may be a quick first step.

    All being said I would like to see Disclaimers creating more impact than what it is doing in current world. Any change which has to evolve needs its sweet time to get settled and it needs a conscious effort from everyone to be more informed because end of the day information is wealth.