Legal Question in Civil Litigation in California
What are potential privilege issues associated with e-mail use?
What are potential privilege issues associated with e-mail use?
2 Answers from Attorneys
Re: What are potential privilege issues associated with e-mail use?
At one time there was some controversy over whether
e-mails between attorney and client were privileged.
Some argued that because the e-mail passed through
many other computers on its way from the sender to
the recipient, it could theoretically be viewed by
many other people and, therefore, could not be
considered confidential. However, I believe that a
California Court of Appeal decision put that argument
to rest, and has ruled that e-mails are as privileged
as any other form of communication.
Re: What are potential privilege
Your question is too broad to answer but if you are talking about email at work, there is no right to privacy at all, period.