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Does this mean lawyers get a free pass to use unencrypted email?
The answer is no, as Helen points out. Special precautions need to be taken if:
The information to be transmitted is particularly sensitive
The contents of the email are subject to a confidentiality agreement
The client instructs the lawyer to avoid using email
Can a client waive the security risks associated with unencrypted email?
Yes. If a client requests it, a lawyer may be allowed to use a particular type
of electronic communication notwithstanding expectations of privacy in the
communication method.
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agreement, why should you give a whit about encryption? In a phrase: ease of
use.
What used to be difficult is no longer.
In the article Encryption So Easy a Lawyer Can Do It, Bob Ambrogi discusses
three incredibly simple solutions that allow lawyers to send encrypted
messages. No more clunky interface requiring the sender to transmit keys
before the recipient decrypts the message. No more need for both parties to
use the same software. (Although a simple plug-in may be needed, depending
on the software you choose.)
With secure cloud-based solutions like Enlocked, Virtru, or Delivery Trust from
Identillect, Ambrogi concludes:
What all three programs have in common is that they make encryption as
easy as the push of a button. If you use email to communicate with clients
or colleagues about sensitive matters and what lawyer does not? you
have no excuse not to encrypt.
[All Rights Reserved 2015 Beverly Michaelis]
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