Apr 12, 2024
Delete Your Drafts
Delete your drafts.
They’re discoverable.
At least more discoverable than people think…
Judging by the confidential nature of the drafts I see every day, a lot of people don’t realize that the same privilege rules apply to those as to regular communications; it might not matter if you didn’t press send (I won’t apply any rule so broadly as to say it applies to all drafts), especially if:
it seems the intent was to send it; or
the intent can’t be determined easily; or
the many other situations people don’t tend to think of at the time, etc etc etc…
Delete them, finish them and send them, or keep them as long as you’re not trying to use your drafts folder as a file cabinet for info you think is protected by privilege …