Tag: confidentiality

Espresso, WiFi, & Confidentiality with a Twist of Lemon (via Bow Tie Law’s Blog)

On By southwerkIn business ethics

Does an attorney violate client confidentiality by using public broadband? It appears so. There are clear implications for any profession in which confidentiality is a responsibility. Is this the first shot in a dispute about using public Internet access for professionals or all of us?

Maybe we should all be more aware of the risks to our own data?

Read this fascinating article on using the web and an attorney’s fiduciary duty.

James Pilant

Espresso, WiFi, & Confidentiality with a Twist of Lemon Many attorneys, as with a large contingent of the general public, do not possess much, if any, technological savvy. Although the Committee does not believe that attorneys must develop a mastery of the security features and deficiencies of each technology available, the duties of confidentiality and competence that attorneys owe to their clients do require a basic understanding of the electronic protections afforded by the technology they use in t … Read More

via Bow Tie Law’s Blog

Blanche Lincoln Replies (Well, Sort Of)

On By southwerkIn ethics2 Comments

I received an e-mail in the form of a letter from Senator Blanche Lincoln. Now this was a surprise because generally I don’t get replies from her office. The letter explains her stance on net neutrality, an issue of some importance to me.

Now, I’d love to tell you what it is, but I am prohibited. You see this letter is a privileged communication which cannot be reproduced. I would give you the legal language her office uses but that’s part of the letter and I can’t reproduce it.

So, I have a letter presumably informing me of her public position (or, WOW, maybe I’m the only one she sent it to, what do you think of the odds on that?) but it is just for the so many hundreds or thousands of us who received it to consider it in private as a treasured and protected document.

Maybe I should just put a statement like that on my blog. Then if I wrote something you disagreed with you couldn’t show anybody. If you did tell somebody, I’d claim I didn’t say that and you couldn’t show them any different. I can see the advantages already. Now, you might say anybody could see it on the net, but she sent me a fowardable e-mail message. Isn’t she as vulnerable as I am?

Now, usually I have a picture on each blog entry. The clearly appropriate picture would be one of Blanche Lincoln but it might be a privileged communication and I in good conscience can’t take that risk.

James Pilant