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The Cost of Non-Compliance: Financial Implications of Inadequate Legal Holds

Gimmal

In today’s litigious business climate, the specter of legal disputes looms large, and the effective management of legal holds has become a critical component of corporate compliance. This blog post delves into the financial implications of inadequate legal holds and underscores the importance of compliance.

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Now You See Them, Now You Don’t: Regulatory Risks of Ephemeral Messages

Data Matters

Corporate use of ephemeral messaging applications (communications that disappear after a set time) has become increasingly common across the globe in recent years, with companies recognizing its value in decreasing data storage costs and providing employees a convenient method for communicating quickly with customers and clients.

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European Data Protection Supervisor Publishes 2010 Annual Report; Sets Agenda for the Future

Hunton Privacy

He referenced his recent Opinion in which he concluded that the Data Retention Directive does not meet general EU data protection requirements and that the European Commission should explore the possibility of replacing it with alternative measures such as data preservation through a “quick freeze” procedure.

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European Commission Presents Evaluation Report on Telecommunications Data Retention

Hunton Privacy

The Data Retention Directive requires that, for law enforcement purposes, telecommunications service and network providers (“Operators”) must retain certain categories of telecommunications data (excluding the content of the communication) for not less than six months and not more than two years.

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Another Commentary from The Sedona Conference: eDiscovery Best Practices

eDiscovery Daily

Guideline 10: Compliance with a legal hold should be regularly monitored. advances in electronic document management technology. auto delete functionality that should be suspended, or small sections of elaborate ac-counting or operational databases); (f) is periodically reviewed and amended when necessary; and. (g)