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Category Archives: Data Protection
Interview: US Magistrate Judge Peck on cross-border discovery after Schrems
Shortly after the Schrems judgment was published, I moderated a panel on cross-border discovery at Lawtech Europe Congress in Brussels. One of the panellists was US Magistrate Judge Andrew Peck, and I took the opportunity to interview him about one … Continue reading
Moving from the tactical to the strategic as Consilio buys Huron Legal
“In small operations, everyone is doing something tactical every day. Now we can think strategically, with account managers focusing on the objectives of corporations and law firms, not just pushing data from the left to the right” This seemed to … Continue reading
Interview: Patrick Burke of Seyfarth Shaw on cross-border data transfers for eDiscovery
It is many years since Patrick Burke and I started talking together about cross-border data transfers for eDiscovery. We had an annual slot at Guidance Software’s CEIC (now Enfuse) events and I recall a slide set from about 2009 which … Continue reading
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CGOC Europe 2015: Privacy, Security and Compliance in London on 11 December
CGOC is the Compliance, Governance and Oversight Council which brings together more than 3,300 legal, IT, records and information management professionals from corporations and government agencies around the world. On 11 December, it is running an event in London with … Continue reading
Speaking about Schrems and EU data privacy in Nashville with Cicayda
Tomorrow I am speaking at the offices of Butler Snow in Nashville at the invitation of Cicayda. I was already booked to speak about cross-border discovery before the timely arrival of the Schrems decision. That will certainly feature prominently in … Continue reading
Silence from me for now on Schrems and Safe Harbour
If you have any interest in cross-border discovery or any form of data transfer to the US, you will be aware that the EU Court of Justice has delivered a judgment in Schrems v Data Protection Commissioner the effect of which … Continue reading
The Sedona Conference publishes Practical in-house approaches for cross-border discovery and data protection
The Sedona Conference has published the public comment version of its Practical in-house approaches for cross-border discovery and data protection. I have not yet had the opportunity of reading this version, but I read, and was impressed by an earlier … Continue reading
Judge Peck and former Senior Master Whitaker discuss eDiscovery vs eDisclosure in the US and UK
So far as I am aware, there is no competition to find the most regular participant in panels and webinars devoted to cross-border discovery and the comparative requirements of the US and UK. If there was such a contest, I would … Continue reading
Interview with Judge Dory Reiling of the Amsterdam District Court
Judge Dory Reiling of the Amsterdam District Court is a well-known advocate of the use of technology to help both lawyers and courts deliver justice efficiently and at an acceptable cost. Among many other things at the frontiers between law … Continue reading
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Wide range of subjects and speakers at InSig2 Lawtech Europe Congress in Brussels in October
Lawtech Europe Congress, rebranded as InSig2 Lawtech 2015, has hitherto taken place in Prague. This year it moves to Brussels, taking place at the Management Centre Europe on 26-27 October 2015. There are two keynote speakers. The first is by … Continue reading
Crossing borders back from Hong Kong
In case you wonder why this blog has fallen silent, it is because I am in Hong Kong for the 7th Sedona Conference Working Group 6 Cross-Border and Data Protection Programme. That is a fairly intensive programme – a packed … Continue reading
ZyLAB webinar today: dealing with the complexity of multinational litigation
ZyLAB is presenting a webinar today, 27 May, at 1:00pm ET with the title Dealing with the complexity of multinational litigation. These speakers are Gregory Bufithis, managing director of eTERA Consulting Europe, and Mary Mack, Enterprise Technology Counsel at ZyLAB, … Continue reading
Technology Law Conference 2015 in Singapore: the Future of Money and Data
The Singapore Academy of Law is organising a conference to take place in Singapore on 29 and 30 June. It is called Technology Law Conference 2015: the Future of Money and Data. Its theme is that technology offers both utopian … Continue reading
More on accessibility of data – judicial imperialism, the right to be forgotten, and spies
There is more to data accessibility than eDiscovery / eDisclosure which is my main subject. The use of data in one jurisdiction which exists in another is of growing concern, and not just to lawyers. The subject comes up again only … Continue reading
Conflicting positions on accessibility of data
Neil Cameron wrote recently about two different aspects of accessibility of data in an article called Update on US land grab for foreign emails. One is the demands made by the courts and authorities of one country (usually the US) … Continue reading
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Blurmany and Spain, you and me – the trade-off between convenience and privacy
Loss of privacy is the price we pay for the convenience of Internet and mobile technology. Different countries and different age groups accord varying degrees of value to the one and to the other. Germany and Spain have their own … Continue reading
Nigel Murray gets hip – and rides again for Help for Heroes
eDiscovery and data privacy consultant Nigel Murray is again cycling across northern France on the Big Battlefield Bike Ride between 1 and 8 June in support of Help for Heroes. Two things make this a special year – one is … Continue reading
Evidence, privacy and proportionality at Lawtech Europe Congress in Prague
I have no particular ambition to write up events as soon as they finish. Distance lends perspective, and anything worth reporting at all will be as valuable a couple of months later. The Civil Procedure Rules of England and Wales … Continue reading
UK court orders disclosure against French party despite Blocking Statute
Those who have read my occasional fulminations about US courts ordering discovery in breach of French blocking statutes will recall that much of the argument turns on whether the French will actually enforce the statute by imposing penalties on those … Continue reading
Germany moves to restrict US data transfers as PRISM concerns grow
Buried deep in my article Cross-border discovery and privacy gaps widen thanks to PRISM and trolls was a reference to an article by Hunton & Williams called German DPAs Halt Data Transfer Approvals and Consider Suspending Transfers Based on Safe … Continue reading
Cross-border discovery and privacy gaps widen thanks to PRISM and trolls
The eDiscovery world was not gracious enough to take a break while I was travelling recently, and I come back to a mass of things to write about. Having cleared out the things with deadlines – webinar notices and the … Continue reading
Vivian Reding: The overhaul of EU rules on Data Protection: making the single market work for business
Vivian Reding is Vice President of the European Commission and EU Justice Commissioner. Here is a link to the text of a speech given on 4 December 2012 in which she explains why she thinks we need a new data … Continue reading
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What is legal when collecting and processing personal data?
As with so many subjects, cross-border discovery has many aspects to cover, and it is sometimes helpful to pull out a sub-set and look at it on its own. A helpful page on the European Commission Justice website called Collecting … Continue reading
Regional and personal data privacy controls in the local cloud from Bloomberg Vault
Compliance with data privacy controls is much more than an eDiscovery / eDisclosure problem. Those whose primary focus is eDiscovery tend to see data privacy compliance as an obstacle which stands in the way and complicates data collection for litigation … Continue reading
Notes from Hong Kong – talking about world eDiscovery
This is a continuation of a series of mini-posts following my recent visit to Hong Kong. Browning Marean of DLA Piper US is one of the few US lawyers who understands the difference between eDiscovery messages which travel and those … Continue reading
EU Commission under fire for its data protection reforms
EUObserver.com reports that EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding has come under fire, from the Article 29 Data Protection Working Party amongst others, for the scope of and proposed timescale for her proposed new data protection rules. These are seen by … Continue reading
Patel v Unite – order for investigation of deleted Internet forum
Here is an interesting judgment, Patel v UNITE the Union [2012] EWHC 92 (QB) (27 January 2012), which Professor Dominic Regan has pointed me to. The target of postings on a union Internet forum alleges defamation and harassment. The union claims … Continue reading
EU promises data protection savings and reduced burdens on business
The European Commission has collected together information about its proposed reforms of the EU Data Protection Rules, including the press release of 21 January, the press conference with Vice President Viviane Reding of the same date, and a number of … Continue reading
Words are the easy bit: EU Parliament debates EU – US data privacy concerns
An article on EUObserver.com reports on a debate last week in the European Parliament which highlighted the conflict between US demands for data and EU privacy legislation. The article’s title is Commission Downplays Parliament EU–US Data Privacy Concerns – “downplays” … Continue reading
Huron eDiscovery Panel at LegalTech as the cross-border climate begins to change
My wide-angle lens is being repaired, so I have no photograph of the panel which Nigel Murray of Huron Legal moderated at LegalTech. There were eleven of us at the table for two consecutive sessions with the title A GC’s … Continue reading
Information Governance, UK eDisclosure and International Discovery in three days
In an ideal world, I would keep the week before LegalTech free. Product announcements pour out with accompanying (and welcome) invitations in advance to find out about the new developments (that is preferable, incidentally, to those who make big announcements and assume … Continue reading
Delay for Draconian Data Protection Regulation
The term “displacement activity” has a technical meaning in animal biology, something I am happy to leave to the animal biologists. The lay use of the term connotes some activity undertaken in order to avoid having to do something else … Continue reading
European Data Protection: Coming of Age – Brussels 25–27 January 2012
The Fifth International Computers, Privacy and Data Protection Conference takes place in Brussels between 25 and 27 January 2012 under the title European Data Protection: Coming of Age. Monique Altheim of The Law Office of Monique Altheim is organising and … Continue reading
Oxford tramples on privacy with CCTV in taxis
Given that privacy is one of my professional subjects, it is interesting that my home city, Oxford, should be blazing a trail in trampling on privacy rights, with a compulsory scheme requiring taxis to make video and sound recordings of … Continue reading
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Huron Legal: Cross-Border eDiscovery Breakfast in New York on 21 September
The US is considering possible rule changes in relation to preservation. The UK is tackling case management and costs management. Australia is chewing over the recent report on electronic discovery. New Zealand has a new ediscovery practice direction coming shortly. … Continue reading
EU-US EDiscovery – Data Transfer Role-Play at CEIC
One of my reasons for going to CEIC 2011 in Orlando was to take part in a panel about international EDiscovery. The panel was called International EDiscovery: Data Protection, Privacy and Cross-Border Issues and was led by Patrick Burke, Assistant … Continue reading
AccessData conference carries electronic discovery message to Germany
I am very much looking forward to moderating an electronic discovery conference in Frankfurt on 22 March. The hosts are AccessData and the speakers are drawn from a broad range of legal, technical and compliance backgrounds, and from well-known firms … Continue reading
Welcome to First Advantage as a sponsor of the E-disclosure Information Project
I am very pleased to welcome First Advantage Litigation Consulting as a new sponsor of the e-Disclosure Information Project. First Advantage was already a well-established forensics, litigation consulting and eDiscovery company when I met them at my first LegalTech in … Continue reading
Cross-Border and Multi-National eDiscovery at LegalTech from FTI and Epiq
I have written already about those sessions at LegalTech 2011 in New York which have a UK element in them (see Strong UK presence at LegalTech 2011). As I said in that article, it is impossible to list, let alone … Continue reading
Strong UK presence at LegalTech 2011
LegalTech 2011 is only a few days away and the programme is packed. Almost everyone whose name has appeared in these pages is taking part in something, and I will not attempt to list them all. Following on, however, from … Continue reading
The cost of data security breach notifications
At first sight, the publication on 10 December of an article headed Data security – is Europe still lagging behind the US? brings a wry smile here. We are used to US articles speaking in condescending terms about everything from … Continue reading
IQPC Exchange in Munich: Information Retention and eDiscovery in Europe
The civil law jurisdictions of mainland Europe have no discovery tradition as it is understood in common law countries like the US and UK. The IQPC Information Retention and eDiscovery Exchange in Munich was an opportunity for corporate counsel to … Continue reading
Premonitions of what was to come
I have no idea what is happening in this photograph: That is not strictly true – I know that it was taken at IQPC in Munich last week just as I was about to moderate a panel on data protection … Continue reading
International discovery, sanctions, ethics and US-UK comparisons at Georgetown
I was, I think, the only UK speaker (or, indeed, delegate) at the Georgetown Advanced e-Discovery Institute. If the primary reason for going was to talk about US-EU differences, there was progress made too on the continuing US-UK dialogue about … Continue reading
Catching an eyeful in Leeds and a snowfall in Munich
The paucity of posts lately may lead you to think that all is quiet on the e-disclosure / e-discovery front. It is in fact a symptom of the opposite – there has been more than enough to keep me amused, … Continue reading
A useful guide to sources on EU Data Privacy Laws
The Guidance Software Newsroom carries a new article by Denise Backhouse of the eData Practice of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP headed Master European Data Privacy Laws. I refer you to it because it is expressly intended as a guide … Continue reading
Turning e-discovery news and views into a community of interest
Those of us who work in e-discovery / e-disclosure get better and better at passing information and views between ourselves. Web sites, blogs and Twitter allow us to keep up with developments – new products, company news and cases – … Continue reading
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International eDiscovery Panel at CEIC
There is one major difference between the general run of discovery problems and those relating to international and cross-border discovery. The former are soluble – competence and co-operation coupled with judicial management would fix most ediscovery problems tomorrow; the trans-jurisdictional … Continue reading
CEIC 2010 comes to an end
CEIC 2010 is winding down here in Las Vegas. Whatever measure you take – the quality of the sessions, the opportunity to catch up with people and meet new ones, the sheer numbers of people attending (1,300 or so), the … Continue reading
Listening to myself talking about e-Disclosure for the IQPC Information Retention and E-Disclosure Summit
I have been listening to a podcast which I made recently for IQPC as part of the run-up to their Information Retention & E-Disclosure Management Summit in London on 17-19 May 2010. It can be accessed from the Summit’s home … Continue reading
The Franco-British Lawyers Society on cross-border e-Disclosure 17th of May 2010
The Franco British Lawyers Society have organised an evening session called Searching for evidence: a panel discussion on cross-border e-Disclosure from an English and French perspective. The event takes place on Monday, 17 May at 6 pm at Pinsent Masons, … Continue reading
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EDiscoveryMap helps navigate cross-border issues
Monique Altheim, a New York qualified lawyer, has quickly established her blog, EDiscoveryMap, as a mine of information on matters of personal data, privacy, data transfer and cross-border transfers. I follow her on Twitter as EUDiscovery and EDiscoveryMap which keep … Continue reading
Germany focuses on data protection and privacy
Americans may be tempted to think of EU data protection and privacy laws as being an obstacle deliberately placed in the way of conscientious US lawyers who are merely trying to do their job. That reaction is unsurprising, since that … Continue reading
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Gucci v Curveal: a blow for US interests – whichever way you understand that expression
British 19th Century “gunboat diplomacy” and the song The Wreck of the Old 97 are what came to mind when I read the latest Opinion of a US court about the relative importance of US interests and the laws of … Continue reading
Talking rather than writing – normal service will be resumed soon
The relative silence on these pages recently does not imply that I have run out of things to say (sorry about that) merely that I have had a good run of being out and about, or making plans for future … Continue reading
The Readership of the e-Disclosure Information Project
I have just been asked to give some statistics for readership of my blog and, having done the research, I might as well summarise it here. It happened to be quite a good day to ask – there were 436 … Continue reading
Anonymisation, the Hague Convention and US judicial notice of EU privacy protection
I expressed puzzlement recently at the high proportion of page views from the US over a period when most of my focus has been on the UK draft practice direction. I know, of course, that there is much US interest … Continue reading
The extent of the right to privacy in French employee’s e-mails
The expression “grasping at straws” has seafaring origins – a drowning man grasps at straws in the absence of anything more solid to cling to. It comes to mind whenever the subject of EU data privacy comes up in the … Continue reading
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A short video could win you free tickets and accommodation at CEIC
The use of video turns up in these pages either where a supplier has used the medium to educate or to promote a product, or in a slightly embarrassed reference to my own reluctant appearances in front of the camera. … Continue reading
Mixing eDiscovery business with pleasure at LegalTech 2010
I write each February after LegalTech in New York to try and convey how this event is simultaneously hard work and good fun. Certain times and cultures are inherently suspicious of the idea that you can enjoy yourself whilst working, … Continue reading
US claims Global Power to Access Data despite EU data protection laws
Another decision of a US court shows the supremacy of the US courts over EU laws, at least as seen from the US. It doubtless plays well in Utah, but is probably bad news for US evidence-collection in the long … Continue reading
Trilantic assembles experts for International eDiscovery Track at LegalTech
UK-based legal support provider Trilantic has put together a double panel session on EU data privacy and related subjects which takes place on the first day at LegalTech, Monday, 1 February. Subjects covered will include privacy considerations and EU data … Continue reading
The e-Disclosure Information Project in 2009 and 2010
My e-Disclosure predictions for 2010 are up on the website of the Society for Computers and Law. I have not checked back to my previous years’ SCL predictions, but I think that this batch have much more, and much better-grounded, … Continue reading
Gartner points to non-US E-Discovery market growth
Gartner predicts an eDiscovery software market worth $1.2 billion in 2010. More than 10% of that will be outside the US. Software suppliers may be ready to run with this, but where are the skilled people? Gartner’s report of 16 … Continue reading
Kind words from the Posse List eDiscovery Reading Room
If a supplier asked me what to do if it received unsolicited praise from a respected source, I would tell them to stick it up on their web site. What is the proper reaction when someone says nice things about … Continue reading
451 Group reports on IQPC in New York
I was not at IQPC’s E-discovery conference in New York last week (see IQPC New York – minimizing risks, costs and challenges). Fortunately the 451 Group’s Katey Wood was there and her report is here. Two of the points which … Continue reading
IQPC New York – minimizing risks, costs and challenges
Minimizing risks, costs and challenges is the title of the IQPC eDiscovery conference taking place in New York from 7 to 9 December 2009. I will not be there, but the agenda offers more opportunities than its title suggests. I … Continue reading
UK Information Commissioner publishes plain English data protection guide
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has produced a guide in plain English which aims to make it easier for the non-expert to understand what is involved. That is all to the good, but this is not one of these … Continue reading
e-Disclosure conference thoughts from the 451 Group
Although I do my own summaries of the conferences I take part in, it is more interesting in some ways to see what other people take away from them. A succinct summary from an interested party who was present as … Continue reading
Virtual LegalTech round-up
The general reaction to ALM’s Virtual LegalTech by its participants and delegates seems generally to be positive. If, as Charles Christian said on Twitter afterwards, it had a 1990s feel to it, well, that can doubtless be improved upon in … Continue reading
Parallel and cross-border developments in handling electronically stored information
The second session at the Thomson Reuters Fifth Annual e-Disclosure Forum in London on 13 November was called Parallel and cross-border developments in handling electronically stored information. I was the moderator, although if Air Miles were the qualification for talking … Continue reading
European Commission takes action against UK for data protection failings
An article in Document Management News reports on the legal action being taken by the European Commission against the UK for gaps in the legislation required to comply with EU data protection laws. The investigation leading to the action was … Continue reading
Packed programme for Masters Conference
The 2009 Masters Conference takes place in Washington on 12 and 13 October. Its title, Global Corporate Change – Navigating Discovery, Risk and Security covers only a fraction of the subjects covered in two days. The best part for me … Continue reading
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Information retention at e-Disclosure conference in Brussels
I demonstrated my own commitment to information retention by mislaying my notes of the sessions at IQPC’s Information Retention and E-Disclosure Management Europe Conference in Brussels last week. As with all the best document retention policies, this means that I … Continue reading
Clearing the decks before going to Brussels
I do not pretend that this job is hard work in the way that trying to reach a sales target or managing a large project is hard work. It is far too enjoyable for that. It would, however, be good … Continue reading
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New French Data Protection Opinion on US discovery procedures
I bet that headline made your heart skip a beat with excitement, as mine did when I saw that the Proskauer Rose LLP Privacy Law blog has a new entry headed French Data Protection Authority releases new opinion on compliance … Continue reading
London meeting of Women in eDiscovery
I am a supporter of Women in eDiscovery and glad to learn from Laura Kelly of Epiq Systems that the London branch is active. They have a meeting on 17 September at the offices of Fulbright & Jaworski, 85 Fleet … Continue reading
The information war – news from the front updated
My post Cooperative hands across the sea referred to an article by Jason Baron on Ralph Losey’s e-Discovery Team blog. Jason’s article attracted some comments, two of which are worth hiving off for comment in their own right. One concerns … Continue reading
Cooperative hands across the sea
My post about the increasing exchange of ideas between the US and UK on matters of electronic discovery (Preserving the old ways, protecting the new ways) followed a spate of references in US e-discovery commentaries to what is happening in … Continue reading
Sedona Conference dialogue on cross-border discovery in Barcelona
As I have noted elsewhere, I had my own cross-border problems in getting to the Sedona Conference International Programme on Cross-Border eDiscovery, eDisclosure and Data Privacy Conflicts in Barcelona on 10-11 June. I was chairing an edisclosure conference in London … Continue reading
Parallel and cross-border developments in eDiscovery
I have just had to turn down the opportunity to speak at a conference organised by LexisNexis in Hong Kong on 20 and 21 July. The invitation was to deliver the keynote speech at the start of the first day … Continue reading
Describing the ediscovery elephant
It is pouring with rain here in Orlando. Every so often, a flash of lightning illuminates the large plastic elephants which stand in the pool beside me. Even the most assiduous English official, never stuck for something to put up … Continue reading
US – Swiss Safe Harbor
It had escaped my notice that the US Department of Commerce and the Federal Data Protection and Information Commission of Switzerland had established a US – Swiss Safe Harbor Framework. The provisions and procedures are identical to those which apply … Continue reading
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Keeping informed on information about informaton
It is getting hard to keep up. The various aspects of information and justice which I write about are developing faster than I can put quill to keyboard. I wrote my piece An information war at the week-end and updated … Continue reading
An information war – making connections between privacy, liberty, policing, law and government
An American e-discovery site put up a link last week to a video showing police brutality. It is not just me, then, who sees connections between apparently diverse aspects of justice. Privacy and the right to go about your business … Continue reading
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Distinguishing workplace spying from data collection
It is usually possible to reconcile employees’ legitimate privacy concerns and a company’s equally legitimate rights and obligations to collect data if you go about it properly. A story in Der Spiegel shows what happens when you get it wrong. … Continue reading
How safe is safe harbor?
I spoke on safe harbor on a panel at LegalTech sponsored and led by LDSI. Does it give as much protection as its proponents aver? Why is Europe so concerned about data privacy anyway? It is a beguiling expression, safe … Continue reading
OutIndex releases E-Discovery engine
OutIndex, the electronic discovery software company has added another string to its bow with the release of three Microsoft .NET components to allow others to build their own e-discovery applications. Between them, the three components provide the tools for extracting … Continue reading
US-EU wars over privacy and discovery
Americans who do not sympathise with EU notions of private information need to learn some European history and to understand how the UK government’s erosion of personal liberty makes us cling to such privacy as we have left I am … Continue reading
Practical Guidelines for e-Disclosure Management
Litigation solicitors in private practice and in-house lawyers would have done well to be at the Ark Group conference last week. Run over two days within spitting distance of the Tower, it had the title Adopting Practical Guidelines to e-Disclosure … Continue reading
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Foreign collections need more than big feet
You will have seen from other posts that I have been at the ILTA conference in Dallas this week. ILTA is the International Litigation Technology Association and its conference title was Global Perspective, Peer Advantage, a title conveying the theme … Continue reading
Whose discovery rules would you rather break?
Damned if you do, damned if you don’t is the dilemma which faces many who are responsible for document production simultaneously in more than one jurisdiction. The subject was covered in some of the sessions at IQPC’s Information Retention and … Continue reading
Limitations on document retention
There are certain apparent truisms which fall from the mouths of some of those involved in disclosure / discovery / document retention which it seems pointless to correct. They are not wrong, exactly, or are at least founded in something … Continue reading
H5 gets safe harbor certification
H5, the high-end provider of automated document analysis and information risk management services for the legal industry, has obtained safe harbor certification from the US Federal Trade Commission. Most US companies whose business involves handling EU-derived data now have such … Continue reading
Howrey sets up in India
Howrey, the US and global law firm known as much for its trial and litigation support services as for its legal practice, has opened an office in Pune, India, to handle its document management and similar functions. This, as the … Continue reading
Trilantic sets out EU Data Protection Rules
The EU Data Protection Rules – Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council – On the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data to give … Continue reading
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