New York State Bar Opinion 820

Committee on Professional Ethics

Topic: Use of E-mail Service Provider that Scans E-mails for Advertising Purposes

Digest of the Committee:

A lawyer may use an e-mail service provider that conducts computer scans of e-mails to generate computer advertising, where the e-mails are not reviewed by or provided to human beings other than the sender and recipient.

Rules: DR 4-101; EC 4-3

Related Document:

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