Electronic document and records management systems (EDRMS) are automated software applications that typically assist organizations with the creation, use, management, storage and disposal of data. Other functions of an EDRMS can be to automate processes like approvals and workflows and to integrate and communicate across various business software and systems. In many cases, the demonstrated use and effective implementation of a comprehensive EDRMS system is one of the major h

Recently, a coalition of attorneys general from the District of Columbia, 47 states, and five U.S. territories entered into a settlement agreement with one of the most prominent management consulting firms in the world related to its role in performing consulting services and destroying documents related to the work performed on behalf of various opioid manufacturers. As part of this settlement – and, groundbreaking, from an information governance perspective, the firm agreed

What most GDPR Watchers Know As most General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)-watchers know, the Regulation includes various high-profile enforcement mechanisms and legal remedies. These include, for example: Fines. The enhanced fine structure described in Article 83 of the GDPR of up to €10 million in liability or 2% of the prior year’s worldwide annual gross revenue, for administrative infringements or up to €20 million, or 4% of the worldwide annual prior year revenue for

Under Article 5 of the GDPR, personal data may not be kept in a form which permits identification of data subjects for longer than required for the purposes for which they are processed. There are a number of exceptions to this general rule. One of these exceptions is when you are obligated to keep records for a certain period of time as required by either a European Member State or EU law. For example, if you are subject to a French law that requires you to keep an employmen

What is records management? ARMA International, the leading records and information management industry association defines records management as the field of management that is responsible for establishing and implementing policies, systems, and procedures to capture, create, access, distribute, use, store, secure, retrieve, and ensure disposition of an organization's records and information. Records management encompasses a broad spectrum of disciplines extending from train