Comments on: Using File Transfer Services: Ethical Considerations http://www.legalandrew.com/2006/10/30/using-file-transfer-services-ethical-considerations/ law for the rest of us Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:29:54 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Andrew F http://www.legalandrew.com/2006/10/30/using-file-transfer-services-ethical-considerations/comment-page-1/#comment-293 Andrew F Mon, 06 Nov 2006 22:18:13 +0000 http://www.legalandrew.com/2006/10/30/using-file-transfer-services-ethical-considerations/#comment-293 Perfect solution! This is a really good way to ENSURE that confidential information remains so. Also, zipping the file would make a tad smaller, making it easier to transfer via the service anyway. Thanks for your great input! Andrew PS: I like the work you're doing over at your blog. Thanks for stopping by. Perfect solution! This is a really good way to ENSURE that confidential information remains so. Also, zipping the file would make a tad smaller, making it easier to transfer via the service anyway.

Thanks for your great input!
Andrew

PS: I like the work you’re doing over at your blog. Thanks for stopping by.

]]> By: reinkefj http://www.legalandrew.com/2006/10/30/using-file-transfer-services-ethical-considerations/comment-page-1/#comment-289 reinkefj Mon, 06 Nov 2006 20:17:20 +0000 http://www.legalandrew.com/2006/10/30/using-file-transfer-services-ethical-considerations/#comment-289 I'm not a lawyer, nor do I play one on TV. May I suggest a most simple work around? If you have a big glump to transfer and it even MIGHT be private (i.e., if you are NOT absolutely sure it's public info. AND bear in mind, from my time on Wall Street, I know that interest in public info by a registered rep is in and of itself sensitive), then encrypt it. Now before everyone runs for the silver bullets and garlic, it's almost trivial. Get any of the free zip utilities. Take your file and zip it up with the password option. (Make the password easy live NEVADA, DOPEY, or CONSTELLATION. Just not "password"!) And, upload your encrypted and compressed file. (If you make it an executable, it's easier the receiver.) The receiver takes the file download and is challenged for the password. That allows you to use a free utility service for private information. If you are really paranoid, encrypt it twice with different packages and different passwords. imho I’m not a lawyer, nor do I play one on TV.

May I suggest a most simple work around? If you have a big glump to transfer and it even MIGHT be private (i.e., if you are NOT absolutely sure it’s public info. AND bear in mind, from my time on Wall Street, I know that interest in public info by a registered rep is in and of itself sensitive), then encrypt it.

Now before everyone runs for the silver bullets and garlic, it’s almost trivial.

Get any of the free zip utilities. Take your file and zip it up with the password option. (Make the password easy live NEVADA, DOPEY, or CONSTELLATION. Just not “password”!) And, upload your encrypted and compressed file. (If you make it an executable, it’s easier the receiver.) The receiver takes the file download and is challenged for the password.

That allows you to use a free utility service for private information. If you are really paranoid, encrypt it twice with different packages and different passwords.

imho

]]> By: Andrew F http://www.legalandrew.com/2006/10/30/using-file-transfer-services-ethical-considerations/comment-page-1/#comment-222 Andrew F Tue, 31 Oct 2006 02:01:35 +0000 http://www.legalandrew.com/2006/10/30/using-file-transfer-services-ethical-considerations/#comment-222 You present a very good point as well. For that matter, all of these concerns apply to email as well. In the end, there is probably some "reasonableness" standard as far as protecting confidential client information. If an attorney takes reasonable precautions, I would think a crazy fluke wouldn't be a huge problem ethically. Thanks for stopping by, Andrew You present a very good point as well. For that matter, all of these concerns apply to email as well.

In the end, there is probably some “reasonableness” standard as far as protecting confidential client information. If an attorney takes reasonable precautions, I would think a crazy fluke wouldn’t be a huge problem ethically.

Thanks for stopping by,
Andrew

]]> By: Editor http://www.legalandrew.com/2006/10/30/using-file-transfer-services-ethical-considerations/comment-page-1/#comment-221 Editor Mon, 30 Oct 2006 21:46:44 +0000 http://www.legalandrew.com/2006/10/30/using-file-transfer-services-ethical-considerations/#comment-221 Good points. I assume this concern over privacy would also apply to online backup systems. I recently used an online backup system, and noticed in the agreement that although the company attempted to keep the information secure, a user must understand that the company has no contractual obligation to keep the information secure. I realize the company is trying to protect themselves in case a hacker obtained access to files, but this language exposes users to risks because they do not guarantee the privacy of a user's clients' data. Good points. I assume this concern over privacy would also apply to online backup systems. I recently used an online backup system, and noticed in the agreement that although the company attempted to keep the information secure, a user must understand that the company has no contractual obligation to keep the information secure. I realize the company is trying to protect themselves in case a hacker obtained access to files, but this language exposes users to risks because they do not guarantee the privacy of a user’s clients’ data.

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