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Are You Really Ready for the New Privacy Laws?

By Robin Shapiro, Justin Allen, and Mark Diamond

Recent privacy laws stand to offer new protections for consumers and more headaches for those adhering to the compliance requirements. Learn key strategies and tools you can use to better implement the new privacy mandates.

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Executing Your Records Retention Policy and Schedule

By Contoural, Inc.

Learn strategies for in-house counsel and the legal department to plan and support the effective implementation of a records retention policy and schedule for the business. This in-depth guide presents key challenges regarding the execution of a records retention schedule, a comparison of different methods, strategies to get started, and tips on employee behavior change management and training, legacy paper and electronic disposition, addressing offsite records, and upgrading a records program to information governance.

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ACC U.S. States' Privacy Capability Maturity Model

By Contoural, Inc.

The Association of Corporate Counsel U.S. States' Privacy Capability Maturity Model provides a detailed maturity model for all aspects of an organization's privacy program. It seeks to gauge program capability across a variety of program elements, taking a "big picture" view on how ready organizations are to comply with these requirements.

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Preparing for EU 2015 Data Protection Rules

By Gary Chun, Laura Hamady, Mark Diamond, Tom Mighell

In 2015, the European Union (EU) is strengthening its data privacy rules, threatening to fine violators as much as €5M (US$6.8 million) or 5 percent of a company’s annual revenue. While full enforcement is still a year away, now is the time for organizations to start preparing. Speakers will review key elements of what you need to know in the legislation, how they apply to non-European-based companies, what differs from existing privacy requirements and what you must do to prepare. Topics include data residency, data security classification, privacy mapping strategies, assessing key risks, data remediation strategies, often-overlooked repositories that hold privacy information, tactics for implementing the “right to be forgotten” requirement and how to keep your privacy data identified, secure and controlled on an ongoing basis. Start preparing now for these far-reaching new rules.

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Implementing a Data Classification Standard (USA)

By Contoural, Inc.

This article discusses how the Data Classification Standard (DCS) will specify security controls for identified activities that could potentially affect the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of the documents or data.