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Record Retention Policy for Businesses: A Strategic Guide to Compliance and Efficiency

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Whether it’s maintaining regulatory compliance or simply making tax season easier, an effective record retention strategy is paramount. Key Elements A record retention policy is an organized framework that dictates how long business records should be kept before they are destroyed or archived.

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A guide to the GDPR for insurance companies

IT Governance

The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is designed to harmonise data protection laws across the EU, but certain industries will have to respond differently in order to achieve compliance. A report published by research and consultancy company Celent highlights the challenges that the GDPR presents to insurers.

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Understanding HIPAA: A Guide to Avoiding Common Violations

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The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ensures individuals’ health data protection and privacy. This includes insurance companies, nurses, and doctors. In this article, we’ll talk more about the HIPAA, the importance of compliance, some common HIPAA violations, and more!

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How to create value through digital archiving

CILIP

How to create value through digital archiving. Understanding digital archiving Crown Records Management have shared content from their Vault Podcast Series, and we'll be publishing more content in the coming weeks. Kevin: Excellent, so digital archiving what is that all about? Kevin: Can you share an example of a solution you?ve

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More Companies Are Digitizing Records Than Ever Before

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Utilizing a Third-Party Solution insures consistency across your document library. Easier Compliance with Federal and State Laws. Record digitization can also simplify compliance with various regulations at both the state and federal level. Consistency. Breadth of Services. Digital records management. Destruction and shredding.

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Retention and Destruction of Health Information

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The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) was created to set forth national standards for electronic health care transactions. Examples of HIPAA-covered entities include healthcare providers, health plans, healthcare clearinghouses, and various other businesses that use health information.

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Germany: Berlin data protection authority imposes EUR 14.5 million fine for “data cemetery”

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

Deutsche Wohnen SE is a real estate company which was accused of having used an archiving system for the storage of personal data of tenants which did not allow for the erasure of data that was no longer necessary. million against Deutsche Wohnen SE for infringements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

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