> My dad is a lawyer and his firm still uses it today. I've shown him Google Docs I'm wondering if a lawyer's use of Google Docs or other web-based document st

> My dad is a lawyer and his firm still uses it today. I've shown him Google Docs I'm wondering if a lawyer's use of Google Docs or other web-based document storage app would be considered a breach of client privacy or violation of some confidentiality laws? Yes, I know that lawyers (and doctors, etc.) use email, but email is at least 30 years older than could-based apps like Google Docs, so more allowance has been made for it. In other words, a lawyer might fear getting into trouble for using web-based storage, but won't fear sending the same thing by email. Yes, I also know that proper use of cryptography can solve all of these issues, but we all know that virtually no lawyer (or doctor or similar professional) ever uses encryption.