Security and privacy in the age of electronic mail / Robert Steinberg.

Security and privacy in the age of electronic mail / Robert Steinberg.

Journal article

1 volume ([19] pages) ; [28] cm.

51 CH

This article examines electronic communication from a global perspective. First, it presents a background of the Internet, the typical security risks created by use of the Internet, and new techniques, such as encryption, which have the potential to reduce these risks.; Second, the paper addresses two legal issues: 1. Does a lawyer's use of e-mail to communicate waive the attorney-client privilage?; 2. Does a lawyer's use of e-mail to communicate confidential information violate the lawyer's duty of confidentiality?; Third, the article discusses legal issues implicated by an employer's decision to monitor its employees' electronic communications, and finally, it discusses document retention policies involving electronic communications.

Journal Of World Intellectual Property ; 1999 Vol 2 No 4 pages 657-676.

Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1999.

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