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Who may be interested: Registered Investment Advisers, Registered Investment Companies, Compliance Staff - Quick Take: The SEC recently announced a number of enforcement actions relating to recordkeeping failures,...more
Unstructured Data Is Everywhere in Your Organization — And Just Waiting To Cause Trouble - Unstructured Data Cleanup is an information governance practice focused on the permanent deletion of information that is no longer...more
As we reach the midpoint of 2024, the SEC has maintained its rigorous enforcement stance on the private funds industry, proposing new rules and oversight tools to better identify and investigate market practices. As 2024...more
On March 27, 2024, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), an operational component of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), posted for public inspection its long-anticipated notice of proposed...more
On March 7, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced substantial revisions to the Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR). In particular, the FTC will require that sellers and telemarketers maintain additional records of...more
What U.K. Firms Need to Know - INTRODUCTION - Over the past decade, the use of messaging applications, such as WhatsApp, for business purposes as an alternative to traditional email has grown exponentially. Ease of use...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
Key Points: An employer must keep employee information confidential. Keep employee-related documents for the time periods that federal and state laws require. Safeguard the confidentiality of sensitive information within...more
In a recent update to Rule 17a-4, the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) stepped fully into the 21st century by dropping the requirement that electronic records be stored in a “write once, read many” or WORM format....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
An investment management company was recently hit with $200 million in fines for failing to track employees’ use of personal messaging apps, which resulted in the loss of communications that were subject to regulatory...more
Starting in January of 2023, businesses subject to California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) will be required to publish the retention periods for all categories of personal and sensitive information they collect, manage, store,...more
Companies routinely face decisions on what information should be retained, what information should be maintained, and what information, if any, must be preserved. Many companies make these decisions without truly...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
Medical Record Retention Guidelines for Wyoming Clients frequently ask us how long they should retain medical records and related business records. The answer depends on various factors, including the type of record,...more
Medical Record Retention Guidelines for Utah Clients frequently ask us how long they should retain medical records and related business records. The answer depends on various factors, including the type of record, applicable...more
Medical Record Retention Guidelines for Idaho Clients frequently ask us how long they should retain medical records and related business records. The answer depends on various factors, including the type of record,...more
With 2018 in the archives, Hanzo is starting off the new year with a look ahead to the trends and challenges we believe will define the compliance and eDiscovery landscape in 2019, and a look back at the year that was at...more
The Background: Technology has transformed the way that directors receive and review information and communicate with each other and with management. The Issue: Although many modern board practices are more secure and...more
Discussions about “blockchain” technology seem to be everywhere these days, with potential applications spanning industries as diverse as banking, healthcare, real estate, law enforcement, entertainment, and even wine and...more
In a move that affects everyone required under its rules to maintain records, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (“CFTC” or “Commission”) is proposing to permit greater flexibility in the technology used for...more
Issuers of asset-backed securities (ABS) need to understand the reproposed rules regarding the credit risk retention requirements of Section 15G of the Securities and Exchange Act, which, when final, will apply to all public...more