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Transitioning to a Fully Digital Government

National Archives Records Express

A US Army specialist 4 examines a computer printout. Introduction to Fully Digital Government OMB and NARA issued guidance that directed federal agencies to transition to electronic records. They should question whether these processes are necessary to meet legal requirements or if they are outdated legacy practices that need updating.

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Tools TSLAC Uses To Access and Make Available Older Formats

The Texas Record

If you’ve ever taken our Managing Electronic Records class or perused our electronic records webinars, you’re aware that a major responsibility for storing records electronically is providing continuous access to those records throughout their life cycle. Electronic Formats.

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EU Regulatory Data Protection: Many pieces to the regulatory framework puzzle

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

Certain obligations have a more general scope of application, whereas others are limited to providers of electronic communications networks and services. Organisations meeting certain conditions will be able to be recognized as data altruism organisations. the legal basis for direct marketing communications.

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Four Times Self-Collection Went Wrong

eDiscovery Daily

The client may lose valuable metadata if their collection is done incorrectly. Judge Matthewman granted the defendants a second chance but required both parties to collaborate in a robust meet and confer. Only one employee oversaw the collection process, and he described himself in court as “computer illiterate.” 1] Gretchen E.

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Court Orders Defendants to Produce Laptop for Forensic Examination – Again: eDiscovery Case Law

eDiscovery Daily

Kutsomarkos provided pdf versions of documents from the laptop…However, the pdf files scrubbed the metadata from the documents and that metadata should be available on the hard drives…Also, the computer in Garrett was a personal computer, but here the computer was Ms. Judge Sansone also stated: “Since Ms.

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2017 eDiscovery Case Law Year in Review, Part 2

eDiscovery Daily

Steven Whalen agreed that the defendant showed that the level of data requested by the plaintiff “would be extraordinarily burdensome” and ordered the parties to discuss the defendant’s proposed methodology and “meet, confer, and agree on a mutually acceptable sampling methodology” if the plaintiff did not agree to the defendant’s approach.

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Understanding eDiscovery in Criminal Cases, Part Three: eDiscovery Best Practices

eDiscovery Daily

On board computer systems in automobiles, Exif data in digital photos, GPS coordinates in Google maps are all examples of this type of data which has been used as evidence for years. The first is forensic images of computers and cell phones. Likewise, GPS location data is a data type that has been dealt with for many years.