From: Mike '/m' 

On Mon, 11 Apr 2005 22:15:11 -0700, Ellen K.
 wrote:

>On Mon, 11 Apr 2005 17:39:16 -0400, Mike '/m'  wrote in
>message :
>
>>On Mon, 11 Apr 2005 11:45:17 -0700, Ellen K.
>> wrote:
>>
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>Is there any security risk in the following:
>>>
>>>1.  We send batches of email messages intended for delivery to
>>>delinquent collection customers to a third-party provider.  Each email
>>>message has the cellphone number of the intended recipient in
the "to"
>>>field.
>>>
>>>2.  The third-party provider sends each message to the indicated
>>>cellphone number.
>>>
>>>I guess the third-party provider is OK as far as privacy rules because
>>>they are helping us collect,
>>
>>Big assupmtion.
>
>Not really, they have a legitimate "need to know".

That still may not give you the legal right to share personally
identifiable information.


>>
>>
>>> but is there any way OTHER PEOPLE could
>>>intercept the messages between the third party and the recipients?
>>
>>Email is sent plain text unless you use something like TLS.
>
>I'm talking about the second leg.

OK, then you need to be much more specific.  What's the second leg?

 /m

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