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Open Records Requests 101

Gimmal

The United States did not officially have an open records law on a national level until 1966 when the Federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) was enacted. FOIA, for example, lists nine exceptions and several exclusions; some states have far more. Many other countries have their versions of open records laws, as do all 50 states.

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4 Steps in Streamlining Open Records Requests

Gimmal

For these types of requests, which go by a variety of names like FOIA, Public Records Requests, and Sunshine Laws, being proactive is not only an essential step in an excellent open records process; it becomes critical when you are working with tight deadlines and limited resources. Smaller public organizations do not have that luxury.

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US banking regulators promulgate a final rule for 36-hour notice of breach

Data Protection Report

However, designated financial market utilities are not bank service providers under the final rule. Note that the final rule does not apply to non-banking organization subsidiaries of a covered banking organization, unless an incident that occurs at the non-banking organization subsidiary is a notification incident for the parent itself.

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UK ICO Launches 2012/13 Annual Report

Hunton Privacy

million; received 155,000 complaints relating to nuisance marketing calls and spam SMS text messages; issued its first monetary penalty for a breach of the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 (“PECR”), against Tetrus Telecoms in November 2012; and. The ICO also: issued 23 penalties, totaling over £2.6

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SAA/CoSA/NAGARA 2018 recap: Session 204

The Schedule

Market Research Lessons Learned. Benefits for FOIA and E-Discovery. PageFreezer’s digital signatures, history audits, and complete metadata satisfy Open Records requirements such as FOIA, ensuring that records meet legal requirements for e-discovery. DO NOT DELETE YOUR LIVE SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS.

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“The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up.” Our Turf?

Brandeis Records Manager

Her Sorting Papers advice and mis-advice demonstrate that much of our knowledge and expertise have not reached the personal record self-help arena and that, conversely, the mass market fails to refer to us when we can really help or better advise.

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Wednesday LTNY 2018 Sessions: eDiscovery Trends

eDiscovery Daily

We’ve compiled intriguing data from high-profile FOIA releases to contextualize how leading practitioners are using visualizations, analytics, and AI as a force multiplier for investigations. Email Investigations with Machine Learning—See How it All Comes Together! Tired of looking at Enron data?