The Do’s and Don’ts of Data Collection

July 27, 2011 - PRLog -- George Rudoy, Founder and CEO of Integrated Legal Technology LLC, joins Legal IQ to reflect on data privacy, retention and preservation, and destruction in various jurisdictions. Furthermore, he is giving advice on the do's and don'ts of data collection.

"For any of the companies that are operating in the global space, it is very difficult to map out and to clearly execute on the retention policy, given that each of the jurisdictions that this company is operating in would have different requirements in regards to retention. There would be restrictions in regards to the movement of data due to data privacy."

According to Rudoy, "the most difficult part, which is creating a consistent retention policy, can really be taken in two parts. One is the creation of a global overarching policy that would be simple enough and would be adjustable enough and adaptable enough to apply to any of these jurisdictions to work across the board. Then if necessary, be augmented by a specific retention policy, or for a reason that is really drastic for a jurisdiction that’s very different from the overarching policy."

In the course of the interview, Rudoy also spoke about the do's and don'ts of data collection:
"In order to move data from one jurisdiction to the other, you really need to rely on the advice of your privacy expert that now exists in most of the companies." As an advice for adequate data collection he said "go with a plan and think in advance about the possibility of the creation of several data centres and do your review of documents in chunks, as opposed to really focussing on the creation of a single database."

Everyone’s talking about the outsourcing of data to the Cloud, and certainly technologically and cost wise it makes a lot of sense. It’s the most advanced; it’s probably the least expensive if you can take into consideration larger scopes of data and largest volumes of documents. But "before jumping to a conclusion that Cloud technology is the way to go, it’s certainly a good idea to rely on the experts in the field and talk to them in regards to the dos and don’ts and also the pros and cons."

The full podcast interview as well as the corresponding transcript are available as a free download in the Media Centre of the Information Retention & eDiscovery Exchange: http://www.ediscovery-exchange.com/Event.aspx?id=529844&u...

The issue of data collection will also be discussed at the event taking place 14 - 16 November 2011 in the Kempinski Hotel Airport, Munich. The Exchange will provide hands-on 'how to's' from Europe's leading litigators, advisors and technology providers to ensure organisations are properly positioned - and protected - for what lies ahead. For more information about the event visit http://www.ediscovery-exchange.com/Event.aspx?id=529852&u...

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