Ways to Reduce Risks in Advocacy in the Digital Age

The author of the article draws attention to the new risks faced nowadays by the advocates providing qualified legal assistance to citizens and organizations. These risks are associated with the storage and transmission of digital information. According to the author, despite the fact that technology has made it much easier for both advocates to provide qualified legal assistance and for clients to receive it, technology has also created a num-ber of risks that must be taken into account in order to avoid disclosure of confidential information. First of all, it is important to be able to identify potentially dangerous situations in order to timely assess and then reduce the level of riskiness of advocacy. The author of the article provides a number of possible measures, the imple-mentation of which will reduce technological threats arising in the course of the implementation of the advo-cate’s professional duties, as well as offers other measures aimed at minimizing the risks associated with the storage and transmission of digital information as part of the advocate’s activities.