Rules · Professional
What do professional rules ask a firm to do about client data security?
Lawyers, tax preparers and financial firms answer to rules of their own about protecting client information.
Last read from the sources at the foot of this page.
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Which rules do these pages read?
One rule a page, each quoted from its own text with the date we read it.
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Is this legal advice?
No. This summarises the public text; it is not legal advice.
Sources
Where does this come from?
- ABA, Formal Ethics Opinion 477R: Securing Communication of Protected Client Informationamericanbar.orgRead 15 October 2026
- ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 1.6: Confidentiality of Informationamericanbar.orgRead 15 October 2026
- Code of Professional Conduct for British Columbia, Chapter 3lawsociety.bc.caRead 15 October 2026
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