Trust
How Specter protects your work.
A lawyer’s files are privileged. This is what Specter does about that, and what is still ahead.
Every firm’s data is kept apart
Each record belongs to one firm, and the database itself refuses to show it to anyone else (row-level security), not only the application. A matter is seen only by its owner and the people it is shared with; a firm’s owner can choose to allow owners and admins to read every matter, and each change is recorded.
Files are encrypted, with a key for each firm
Documents are stored encrypted, each firm under its own key, and the keys can be rotated. Uploads are scanned for malware before they are accepted, and a file that cannot be scanned is refused.
Client files never enter the public library
The library Specter searches holds public law only: statutes and published judgments. Documents you upload live inside your firm’s matters and are not mixed into it.
Your research stays in your browser
Your research chats are kept on Specter’s servers so they follow you between devices. Each chat is visible only to you, not to others in your firm or its administrators, and its questions and answers are encrypted with your firm’s key before they are stored. You can delete a chat at any time, which removes it. Starred sources stay in the browser you used and are cleared when you sign out. A question that carries a CNIC number, a mobile number or an e-mail address is stopped before anything is sent, so personal identifiers are not put into a search.
Sign-in
Sign in with a password or with Google, and turn on two-step sign-in with an authenticator app. You can see where you are signed in and end any session. Firm owners and admins manage who belongs to the firm and what role they hold.
Logs do not carry names
Names and identity-card numbers are masked in logs and error reports, and error reports do not include the values of variables.
Answers are checked, and say when they cannot be
Specter writes an answer only from the passages it found, checks that every citation points at a passage it was given and that every quotation appears word for word in that passage, and withholds an answer that fails. It assists a lawyer; it does not give legal advice.
Still ahead
An independent penetration test and formal security certifications have not been done yet. If your firm needs a security questionnaire answered, write to us when you book a demo.