In both a recent article published in the Science Daily, as well additional information released in an abstract by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, the topic of risks involved with a record retention policy that includes an individual’s Social Security number was updated to include the dymanics of that risk when combined with the increased use of social networking and other internet activities by those individuals.

Reading this article should cause you to at least review and possibly re-think your company’s policies involving record retention, information security, compliance management, and other components of what your company is doing to guarantee the privacy rights of its employees.

Electronically stored information (ESI) and the issues, risks and management around ESI were clearly addressed in a version of the 2006 FRCP amendments.  The power that ESI now has in courts around the world and especially in CA, has prompted Governor Schwarzenegger to approve and sign a new version of the California Electronic Discovery Act.  To view the California Civil Discovery Act in its entirety, click here.

To read Amy Dugdale’s recent posting about this signing, click here.

Linda Tucci, Senior News Writer at SearchCIO.com has written an article addressing the complaince requirements in Cloud Computing contracts.  The current industry buzz about cloud computing often involves issues of integration for enterprises, compliance strategies and best practices.  However, we have not seen enough discussions about the topic relevant to contract negotiations and legal issues.  

Click here to read this article.