Hey Tom, you can manually put the language in there, and then hide the footer. This can be achieved by changing the footer in your admin section, or making the emails operational. Both of these can be risky options, so I'd be sure I had a very solid plan to ensure it's always in the footer (ours are written into our templates, but editable), before moving forward with either option.
edited: The option before mine is a MUCH better suggestion!