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Over-Retention of Personal Data

Data Protection Report

The matter involved one of France’s largest insurers, SGAM AG2R LA MONDIALE, which was subject to an inspection by the French data protection authority (the CNIL), in 2019. The CNIL’s inspection included the insurer’s compliance with Section 5-1(e) of GDPR , which reads: Personal data shall be. Perhaps the CNIL’s €1.75

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Preparing for Litigation Before it Happens: eDiscovery Best Practices, Part Four

eDiscovery Daily

Records can often effectively be destroyed under an approved records retention program prior to the culmination of the statute of limitations period. The disadvantages then, of not having records that may be needed in litigation must also be balanced against the cost and inefficiencies associated with maintaining valueless records.

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