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In the American legal system, communications between an attorney and their client in connection with the attorney providing legal assistance to the client are considered "privileged." This means anything you write to your attorney (or your attorney writes to you) in the context of their representation of you is confidential. However, particularly with digital communications, there are many ways in which that privilege can be accidentally waived. Keeping your email and electronic devices secure is the easiest way to protect yourself against accidental waiver of this valuable privilege. [1] X Research source