Confidential materials sent via e-mail must always be encrypted, even in internal university traffic.
If the materials you intend to send are large, we recommend using the FileSender service. Materials sent with FileSender can also be encrypted with these encryption instructions.
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Example of a use case
Person A must send confidential electronic materials to person B.
- A makes sure that B has access rights to the materials in question.
- A agrees with B to send the materials as a 7z package via e-mail and the password in a text message.
- A compresses and encrypts the data materials with the 7-zip program and sends them to B via e-mail.
- A sends the password to B in a text message.
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