However, email is not secure, and can be intercepted, read and saved by others unless properly encrypted and password protected. Email cannot be properly encrypted and password protected at this web site, and cannot be properly encrypted and password protected at most web sites. Email that is insecure, and that is intercepted and read by others loses the protection of the attorney-client privilege if the privilege exists. Email is also stored on the many servers it passes through while in transit over the Internet. Some servers store it for many years.
Some servers never delete it.
You can never be sure if it has been deleted. Stored email can be retrieved or stolen and read by others unless deleted. Insecure email that is stored, and that is retrieved or stolen and read by others loses the protection of the attorney-client privilege if the privilege exists. Email is also tracked through the many servers it passes through while in transit over the Internet. Insecure email that is disclosed, sold or traded and read by others loses the protection of the attorney-client privilege if the privilege exists.