Auto-fill
Often confidential information leaks out because email senders are in a hurry or distracted and select the wrong recipient. Many email programs allow you to delete autofill entries, for example, in Outlook you can create a new email, start writing a name and click the X behind each name that appears as an autofill suggestion to remove unwanted email addresses from the list. Accidentally selecting the wrong recipient can have severe consequences as featured in this article: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-google-goldman-leak/goldman-says-client-data-leaked-wants-google-to-delete-email-idUSKBN0F729I20140702
- Everyone can make a mistake
- But to send confidential materials to a wrong person in a hurry can have severe consequences
- Don’t send to a wrong person in a hurry