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November Virtual Coffee with Zasio Consulting
Keeping records longer than needed for legal, regulatory, and business or operational needs exposes companies to significant risks and expenses, particularly in the age of privacy. Despite the threats, companies continue to fall behind in executing defensible dispositions successfully.
Disposition is a critical step in the records and information management lifecycle, and a challenge is creating the infrastructure and culture to do it defensibly. For this virtual coffee, our discussion will focus on pre-submitted and participant questions guided by the following defensible disposition in RIM/IG components:
- Policies, procedures, and other infrastructure
- Records retention schedules and their implementation
- Fostering a culture...
Legal Research and RIM – A Primer on Methodology
Ever wondered how long a company’s balance sheets have to be kept for tax purposes in Switzerland, or whether sharing personal data with third parties is restricted in Brazil? Maybe your first question is, “Where and how would I even look for those requirements?”
In the world of records and information management (RIM), legal research plays a critical role by providing the foundation for a solidly defensible records management program. Legal research ensures that statutory and regulatory recordkeeping obligations have been considered and accounted for, particularly within record retention schedules.
Although legal research can be simply defined—identifying and retrieving the...
American Data Privacy and Protection Act (ADPPA) Basics & Why It’s Significant
A comprehensive federal data privacy law in the United States has never been closer to reality. Even with bipartisan and bicameral support, it still has many obstacles to overcome to get through Congress. The most recent hurdle was making it out of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, which sent the bill to the full House for consideration after numerous compromises led to a 53-2 vote to advance. The following is a big picture overview of the ADPPA in its current form.
Who Supports/Opposes it, and What are the Major Points of Contention?
Proponents of the bill cite the...
In Defense of Destruction
A few years ago, I attended a discussion hosted by a federal regulatory agency. At the time, I was a litigation associate at a large international law firm, forehead-deep in discovery, preservation, and production for an expansive government investigation. During the discussion, a government attorney floated the idea that, with advances in technology and the government’s increased familiarity with electronically stored information (“ESI”), the agency someday might just ask companies to hand over all ESI falling within an investigation’s parameters. The agency’s attorneys could then simply sift through the trove of information, and they could determine what was relevant (and not privileged). The remark...
California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) Prep Workshop
The California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”) compliance deadline is fast approaching. Is your house in order? Don’t let the CPRA’s January 1, 2023, implementation date or the July 1, 2023, enforcement date sneak up on you! If you’re like many of our clients, you’ve heard a lot about the passage of the CPRA. You may have also heard about the CPRA’s new draft regulations approved in June by the new California Privacy Protection Agency (“CPPA”). These regulations are poised to significantly expand and codify privacy rights and procedures for a wide range of businesses that handle the personal data of...
The IGP—A Master Class in a Lot More Than Information Governance (and Why You Should Become an IGP, Too)
I recently sat for the Information Governance Professional (“IGP”) exam. The IGP certification is issued by ARMA, which bills it as the “premier certification focused exclusively on the high-level, strategic practice of information governance.” As an in-house attorney, some of the most oft-repeated advice you’ll hear is ‘get to know the business.’ Working at a company that focuses solely on information governance software and consulting, then, the IGP certification seemed like a great step in that direction. And after taking the exam, I still think it is—but maybe for a slightly different reason.
No doubt, becoming an IGP has...
NAGARA Conference – July 13-16, 2022
We’re excited to travel to Salt Lake City, Utah in July to exhibit at this year’s annual NAGARA Conference, “Exploring the Information Wilds!”
Visit us to learn about our records and retention management products and IG services. Warren Bean, CRM, CISM, Senior Sales Engineer, and Frank Fazzio, JD, IGP, CRM, CIPP/US, Sr. Analyst, and Licensed Attorney, will be there to discuss specific IG challenges and pain points you may be facing and how we can help.
A few highlights of the conference include:
- 25+ concurrent learning sessions
- 2 keynote speaker sessions
- 2 off-site evening receptions
- Affinity Group meetups
- Exhibits...
Connecticut Becomes the Fifth State to Enact Comprehensive Consumer Data Privacy Legislation
State-enacted comprehensive consumer data privacy legislation is becoming more common across the United States. Connecticut is now the fifth state to enact such legislation, joining California, Colorado, Utah, and Virginia. Public Act No. 22-15—The “Act Concerning Personal Data Privacy and Online Monitoring” (also referred to as the “Connecticut Data Privacy Act” or “CTDPA”)—will go into effect in July 2023. With a year to go before the law is implemented, it is important for consumers and businesses to understand their rights and responsibilities under the CTDPA, and to prepare accordingly.
The CTDPA shares a number of similarities with other comprehensive...
Let’s Try This Again – Sending Personal Data Across the Pond under Privacy Shield 2.0
On Friday, March 25th, the United States and European Commission issued a joint statement announcing their agreement in principle on a Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework (the “Framework”). If finalized, the new framework would allow cross-border transfers of personal data from Europe to the United States.
This agreement is the culmination of over a year of negotiations between the U.S. and E.U. It comes after the previous trans-Atlantic data flow framework known as “Privacy Shield”—which was an arrangement allowing companies to share EU personal data to the U.S.—was invalidated by the European Court of Justice in July 2020 for lack of adequate privacy protections....
Utah Becomes Newest State to Adopt Consumer Privacy Law
On March 24, 2022, the Utah Consumer Privacy Act (UCPA) was signed into law by Governor Spencer J. Cox, making Utah the fourth state, behind California, Virginia, and Colorado, to pass comprehensive consumer privacy legislation.
The UCPA’s Applicability
The UCPA applies to entities that:
- conduct business in Utah or produce products and services that target Utah residents;
- have an annual revenue of $25 million or more; and
- either controls or processes the personal data of at least 100,000 Utah residents or derives 50% of its revenue from the sale of personal data and controls or processes the data of over 25,000 Utah...
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