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1. EMAIL AND INFORMATIONCONFIDENTIAL
PRECAUTIONSSECURITY
ONLINE CLIENT PORTALS ARE A MORE SECURE CHOICEsecure
EMAIL AT WORK
TYPES OF INFORMATION SENT USING
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Lawyers Can Now Use More Secure Communication Tools
EMAIL IS INHERENTLY unsecure
It's like sending a postcard
And each email traverses multiple servers in many locations
on the way to its end destination.
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UNENCRYPTED
Email is completely
and easily accessible by anyone interested in doing so.
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Routine correspondence
Memos/briefs
Case status
Court filings
Client bills
Marketing materials
Assent to contracts/transactions
Electronic subscription or alert
Service of process papers
None of these
91.6%
68.2%
59.8%
56.2%
39.9%
29.4%
16.7%
15.6%
14.7%
2.8%
63%
Rely on confidentiality statement in message body
Use encryption
Rely on confidentiality statement in subject line
Password protect documents
Require clients to provide oral consent
Registered email
Other
None of these
TO CLIENTS VIA EMAIL
FREQUENCY OF SENDING CONFIDENTIAL OR PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATIONS
CONFIDENTIAL
SECURITY PRECAUTIONS TAKEN WHEN SENDING
OR PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATIONS/DOCUMENTS TO CLIENTS VIA EMAIL
52.8%
One or more
times per day
21.7%
1-4 times
per week
10.3%
1-3 times
per month
8.8%
Never
4.5%
3-11 times per year
1.9%
2 times or less per year
Despite the lack of security, many lawyers
continue to use email to send clients confidential
INFORMATION
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72.5%
34.5%
13.9%
12.8%
9%
4.8%
2.5%
10.3%
24.5%
Confidential client communications via web-based portals
are encrypted and accessible only by those with a
SOURCE: ABA 2014 and 2015 Legal Technology Survey Reports
Web-based portals are
much more secure than
unencrypted email.
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With web-based portals, confidential information stays confidential.
2011 2012 2013 2014
9%
19%
32% 33%
2015
41%
COLLABORATING
THE NUMBER OF LAWYERS COMMUNICATING AND
WITH CLIENTS ONLINE IS INCREASING EVERY YEAR
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OF THOSE SOLO LAWYERS USING ONLINE PORTALS, NEARLY
LAWYERS USE EMAIL TO SHARE ALL SORTS OF INFORMATION WITH CLIENTS
EVEN THOUGH IT S NOT SECURE,
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