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
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
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
If your digital marketing efforts span the entire internet, from your corporate website to social media channels, and involve dynamic, interactive, or personalized content, you need to ensure that your web archiving...more
If you’re in the financial services industry, you’ve got a lot on your plate. You’re researching investments, advising customers, marketing your business, and maintaining strict compliance with a veritable alphabet soup of...more
Archiving your organization’s website is like doing a home improvement project; both are prone to the DIY effect and sometimes the results are disastrous. We’ve seen it happen countless times: a financial services company...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
When you need information, where do you go? For the majority of people today, the answer involves a smartphone and social media. From Facebook and LinkedIn to Instagram, Twitter, and even YouTube, social media is...more
Every litigator yearns for that Perry Mason moment, when we calmly introduce the critical evidence that abruptly changes the course of our trial. Our dog-loser case transforms, as if by magic, into a rock-solid winner winner...more
Remember when nothing terribly important happened on social media? When Facebook was just a silly diversion where twenty-somethings could let their friends know what they were up to? For better or for worse, those days are...more