I received an e-mail the other day with the precarious subject “Dismal Ad Sales”, and with all seriousness I opened the mail, only to heave a sigh of relief and feel sorry for the sender. Surely the e-mail lived up to its title, and from its content the sales figures were sorry. However, these are figures of some other company, and I was not the intended recipient! 

The sender had my e-mail id in his address book (because of some interactions before), and marked me unintentionally. Of course I replied back informing the sender of his folly, just in case his team does a “reply-all”, and I become privy to more confidential information. Sadly though, this is not the first time, I’ve been the unintended recipient of these e-mails, and I could give your examples of carelessness and recklessness in sending e-mails with confidential content.