Topic
data retention
208 published works
Privacy Compliance & Data Security
Furniture Store Fined Under GDPR for Failing to Delete Personal Data
By Odia Kagan
If you retain personal data indefinitely, or have not given thought to your retention schedule - now may be the time to take another look. The Danish Data Protection Authority…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
CNIL Fines French Real Estate Service Provider for Data Security and Retention Failures
On June 6, 2019, the CNIL announced that it levied a fine of 400,000 Euros on SERGIC, a French real estate service provider. This blog entry provides an overview of…
Socially Aware Blog
How to Comply with the Revised Ephemeral-Messaging Provision in the DOJ’s Corporate Enforcement Policy
By Charles E. Duross, James M. Koukios, Lauren Navarro
In early March 2019, the Department of Justice (DOJ) revised its Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) Corporate Enforcement Policy (the Policy). First announced in November 2017, the Policy is designed…
Ad Law Access
GDPR Recap: Technical Violations Result in Steep Fines, In Latest Enforcement Actions
The Danish and Polish data protection authorities issued their first GDPR fines last month. The cases serve as indicators of the kinds of technical violations enforcement officials are looking to…
Tech Law Blog
Government publishes legislation programme for Summer 2019
The Government Chief Whip, Seán Kyne TD, has published the Government’s legislation programme for Summer 2019. The updated programme follows on from the special programme launched in January 2019 which focused…
Information Bytes
Why govern our information? Reason #6: It’s OK to destroy business data. Really.
By Peter Sloan
It lingers on – that vaguely guilty feeling that there’s something sanctionable, even illegal, about routinely destroying business data. That’s nonsense. It is well-settled United States law that a company may…
Information Bytes
Why govern our information? Reason #9: Unnecessary business data multiplies data security exposures
By Peter Sloan
Having too much data causes problems beyond needless storage costs, workplace inefficiencies, and uncontrolled litigation expenses. Keeping data without a legal or business reason also exacerbates data security exposures. To put…
Carpe Datum Law
Jason Priebe Interviewed by C4CM on Record Retention Policies
By Emily Dorner
Seyfarth Shaw Partner Jason Priebe was recently interviewed by C4CM regarding his tips for records retention. This thoughtful discussion covered not only record retention policies, but information governance, risk, and…
Technology Law Dispatch
UK government introduces Data Retention and Acquisition Regulations 2018
By Cynthia O’Donoghue, Katalina Bateman
The Data Retention and Acquisition Regulations 2018 (the regulations) entered into force on 31 October 2018. The regulations concern the retention of communications data by telecommunications and postal operators and…
Bill 4 Time Blog
3 Document Retention and Storage Challenges for Attorneys
Do you know where your data is? A recent report from Gartner found that most law firms are missing almost half their data. Eighty percent of the intellectual property a…