Luckily —
from the perspective of
people who like a bit of convenience, even if they're not terribly concerned about data privacy — a string of legal ethical opinions, including
Formal Opinion No. 99 - 413 of the American Bar Association and the Law Society of BC's April 1998 opinion on the transmission of confidential information over the internet, seemed to offer near - absolution to lawyers
from concern over unencrypted
email.