Attorney - Client Privileged Information

Data Classification Level: High

Key: Permission Levels

  • Permitted
  • Permitted with Information Assurance (IA) Consultation
  • Not Permitted

For IA consultation, please contact the ITS Service Center

Protecting sensitive data is a shared responsibility. You are responsible for ensuring that your use of permitted services complies with laws, regulations, and policies where applicable.

Permitted

Permitted with IA Consultation

Not Permitted

Data Type Description 

Confidential communications between a client and an attorney for the purpose of securing legal advice. For the privilege of confidentiality to exist, the communication must be to, from, or with an attorney.

Data Steward: Office of the Vice President & General Counsel

Examples 

  • Communications related to a lawsuit.
  • Communications related to a contract, such as email between the U-M Office of the General Counsel and Procurement Services related to a contract dispute with a vendor.

Laws/Regulations/Policies 

Attorney-Client Privilege (Free Dictionary)

Additional Resources 

U-M Office of the Vice President and General Counsel
Andrew File System (AFS): 
Not Permitted
Canvas: 
Permitted
Cloud Storage Included with Software: 
Not Permitted
Data Warehouse: 
Permitted
Desktop Backup (Powered by Code42): 
Permitted
MiDesktop: 
Permitted
Digital Signage: 
Not Permitted
Echo360 - Lecture Capture and LectureTools: 
Not Permitted
eResearch: 
Permitted
Globus: 
Permitted
Amazon Web Services GovCloud at U-M: 
Permitted
Amazon Web Services (AWS) at U-M: 
Permitted
Google Non-Core Services: 
Not Permitted
Google Drive at U-M: 
Permitted
Google Mail and Calendar at U-M: 
Permitted
Google at U-M Core Services: 
Permitted
MiDatabase: 
Permitted
MiServer: 
Permitted
MiShare: 
Permitted
MiStorage CIFS with AWS S3 Cloud Storage Integration: 
Permitted
MiStorage (NFS): 
Not Permitted
MiVideo: 
Not Permitted
MiWorkspace: 
Permitted
Personal Accounts: 
Not Permitted
Personally Owned Devices (phone, tablet, laptop, etc.): 
Permitted
Qualtrics: 
Permitted
ServiceNow at Michigan Medicine: 
Permitted
MiBackup: 
Permitted
Turbo Research Storage: 
Permitted
Michigan Medicine Exchange/Outlook Email and Calendar: 
Permitted
Document Imaging System: 
Permitted
E-signature Service - SignNow: 
Permitted
Piazza Q&A: 
Not Permitted
Gradescope: 
Not Permitted
Electronic Research Notebook at U-M: 
Not Permitted
Microsoft Azure at U-M: 
Permitted
Google Cloud Platform (GCP) at U-M: 
With Approval
Perusall: 
Not Permitted
Secure Enclave Service (formerly Yottabyte Research Cloud): 
Permitted
Microsoft Office 365 at U-M: 
Not Permitted
Armis2: 
Permitted
Great Lakes Cluster: 
Permitted
Adobe Cloud Storage: 
Not Permitted
Zoom at U-M: 
Permitted
TeamDynamix at U-M: 
Permitted
Dropbox at U-M: 
Permitted
Virtru at U-M: 
Permitted
Microsoft Teams at U-M: 
Not Permitted
Denodo at U-M: 
Permitted
Slack at U-M: 
Not Permitted
Microsoft 365 at Michigan Medicine: 
Permitted
Lighthouse HPC Cluster: 
Not Permitted
MyDataHelps: 
Not Permitted
REDCap MICHR Academic License: 
Not Permitted
GitHub Enterprise SaaS: 
Not Permitted
Data Den Research Archive: 
Not Permitted
Locker Large-File Storage: 
Not Permitted
ITS AI Services: 
Not Permitted