George Orwell warned us in his dark masterpiece Nineteen Eighty-Four how effortlessly authoritarian regimes could erase inconvenient truths by tossing records into a “memory hole”—a pneumatic chute leading directly to...more
Reconciling Recordkeeping Requirements Against the Prudence of Data Remediation - As we have covered in previous alerts, the SEC and other regulators have intensified their scrutiny of the retention of electronic...more
Tech Vendors and Cybersecurity – Are They Responsible? It has long been recommended that when you contract with a technology vendor that you include an indemnity clause in the contract wherein the vendor will indemnify you...more
It is imperative that a company knows what data it holds, why it is holding it, where it holds it, and who has access to it. The old adage that information is power leads many to believe that holding on to as much data as...more
With the turbulence at Twitter, Mary Mack decided to back up our outgoing tweets, followers and lists that she uses to curate news. In order to archive she found there were many steps and a few tools needed to do so and is...more
Sitting at over 12M daily active users, Slack has completely changed the way we exchange information and, consequently, how we discover it. The most recent example? The ruling in Red Wolf Energy Trading, LLC v. BIA Capital...more
Proving regulatory compliance requires meticulous record keeping, including records of a company’s website and social media. Even if you follow each regulation carefully, without an immutable archive and corresponding audit...more
When it comes to making sure financial data is safe and meets compliance regulations, understanding the different regulatory bodies and how they affect your organization is a vital first step. Two of the most common...more
With the ever-increasing growth of enterprise data, meeting compliance guidelines from regulatory bodies regarding digital files, communications, Personal Identifiable Information (PII), financial information, and financial...more
Is your organization required to archive its communications to comply with the laws, rules, and regulations that govern your industry? If so, the shift to remote work and the new business communications technologies like...more
While General Counsels traditionally have been tasked with Corporate Governance, that historically didn’t include anything in the field of Information Governance. But with information challenges increasingly lying at the...more
Microsoft Teams has offered “a new way to work and learn for a new digital age” throughout the rollercoaster that is the pandemic. Bridging the gap between the office and the remote work environment, Teams enables users to...more
As data types and sources change, how companies manage their information has to evolve. Whether they’re searching data to fulfill discovery requests or applying granular retention policies across multiple apps, information...more
If you’re a regular reader of Hanzo, we’ve probably already convinced you that you need to be archiving any social media profiles that your organization maintains, along with your website. Chances are you’ve heard us talk...more
WARCs? WORMs? Is this a lost installment of the Lord of the Rings? Unfortunately, no. Rather, WARC and WORM are abbreviations that you should be familiar with if you’re maintaining digital archives for regulatory compliance,...more