Ask HN: If an attorney sends me private documents by email

3 points by Rackedup 3 years ago | 8 comments

Do I have any recourse, privacy-wise?

DoreenMichele 3 years ago |

If it involves medical info and the attorney is contracted by a covered entity, maybe:

Rackedup 3 years ago | |

Unfortunately not medical.

gus_massa 3 years ago |

Who is paying the attorney?

Whose private information is in the documents?

Rackedup 3 years ago | |

Someone else is paying the attorney and there is information about me.

jayess 3 years ago |

Need a little more detail. Why is that a problem?

DoreenMichele 3 years ago | |

It's not secure.

Rackedup 3 years ago | | |

Exactly, and we know that Google reads all emails going through.

anigbrowl 3 years ago |

Insufficient context