In Formal Opinion 477, the Ethics Committee went one step further, concluding that «a lawyer may be required to take
special security precautions to protect against the inadvertent or unauthorized disclosure of client information when required by an agreement with the client or by law, or when the nature of the information requires a higher degree of security.»
Fraud alerts: Your credit's first (and free) layer of
security — A fraud alert notifies lenders that they should take
special precautions to verify your identity before extending credit.