Attorneys-at-law
Applies to: Finland
Encrypted file exchange for law firms
Documents for clients, the other party or experts – sent encrypted, with proof of when they were downloaded. Clients can send you documents securely too.
- Developed & operated in Germany
- End-to-end encrypted
- Contractual confidentiality obligations
- Signed proofs of delivery
What your professional rules require
Attorneys and their assistants must not disclose without authorisation private, family or business secrets learned in their work. Breaches are punishable under RL 38:1 or 38:2 (Finnish Criminal Code).
Confidentiality without time limit. Persons who provide services to the firm must also observe it.
IT service providers only with a written confidentiality agreement; access by their staff is normally to be prevented. Send particularly sensitive material encrypted and instruct clients to send documents securely.
How TEPHIA SECURE meets them
Confidentiality agreement in our contract
Our data processing agreement contains the key points of the model agreement in the Tietoturvaopas: confidentiality without time limit, a personal commitment from everyone involved, access only where needed, and notice of attorney-client secrecy in the event of a search.
State of the art
AES-256-GCM encryption in the sender’s browser, with the key derived from the password using Argon2id. The server holds no key and cannot read the contents.
No account needed for recipients
Recipients do not need an account. Clients and third parties can send you documents through an upload box, with the same protection and the same proof of delivery.
Verifiable proof of delivery
Each entry is cryptographically chained to the previous one. The proof of delivery is a signed PDF/A with a timestamp from an independent time-stamping authority.
How your proofs are secured
| In every planSignature with our certificate | Add-on · coming soonQualified electronic seal | |
|---|---|---|
| Any change to the PDF invalidates the signature | included | included |
| Timestamp from an independent authority | included | included |
| Hash chain with daily chain seal | included | included |
| Checksum (SHA-256) of every file, confirmed by the recipient | included | included |
| Verifiable online, without an account | included | included |
| Display in Adobe Reader | “Validity unknown”1 | Valid |
| Legal presumption of authenticity (Art. 35(2) eIDAS) | not included | included |
| Useful for | Your records, clients | Courts, authorities, the other party |
1 Not an error: our certificate is not on the EU trust list that Reader recognises. You can check integrity online or using the certificate fingerprint.
- Signature: any change is detected
- Timestamp from an independent authority
- Hash chain with daily chain seal
- Checksum of every file, confirmed by the recipient
- Verifiable online, without an account
- Adobe Reader shows “Valid” instead of “Validity unknown”
- Legal presumption of authenticity (Art. 35(2) eIDAS)
- Useful for courts, authorities, the other party
There is no certification of services like this by a professional body, and carefully selecting a service provider remains your responsibility under your professional rules.
The information on the legal position on this page is general information, without any warranty as to completeness or currency, and does not constitute legal advice. Only our contracts are binding.