Just WHO is Reading Your Email?
Recent tech-blogs have been debating the issue of privilege and confidentiality due to the terms of service that Google imposes on the users of the free version of Gmail. Because Google “reads” the content of each email in order to deliver targeted advertising to the readers, this could constitute the dissemination of attorney-client privileged (“ACP”) material, thus waiving the attorney-client privilege. Furthermore, such dissemination could be a violation of the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct.[1] Numerous issues regarding privacy and privilege are therefore implicated and worthy of discussion. (more…)
