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Fact sheet on the China Wall

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Written by Collaboratrice Virtuelle
Updated over 2 years ago

Use of the China Wall

The term "China Wall" refers to a function that ensures the confidentiality of data related to a matter by restricting access to authorized persons.

In the legal field, it also means preventing a person or persons from having access to information in the file. This may be necessary, for example, in the context of a lawyer joining a new firm, resulting in a conflict of interest with respect to a particular file or client. A China Wall can then be put in place for that file to avoid a conflict of interest.


Effect of the Chinese Wall

When a China Wall is activated, only authorized persons have access to this matter. They are also the only ones to see it in the matters list.

For unauthorized persons, this matter is simply invisible.


Check if a file is under Chinese Wall

Only a profile with access to the matters under China Wall or an authorized person in these matters can check if they are protected.

A matter under China Walls looks like this:


Please note:

  • A user with the System Administrator access profile has full rights and will be able to access the matters under China Wall.

  • Permission is available in the access profiles to be able to access the matters under China Wall.


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