Alan S. Goldberg offers a word of caution in an article that he authored in the December 2011 Virginia Lawyer publication of the Virginia State Bar. Mr. Goldberg cautions that sending a file to someone by email without first removing the metadata (this is hidden information within the file that can be seen by someone who knows where and how to look for it) can allow preliminary drafts and client information to be shared with the recipient. This includes prior versions of the file, including what was changed or deleted, and who the file was originally created for unless the metadata is removed.
There are many programs that can remove metadata from your files. .Here is a link from Microsoft that provides instruction and details on removal of these metadata files for Word .Removing Medadata Files
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