Tag Archives: Privacy

Social Media Privacy Settings May Not Protect Your Information From Discovery

Photo of Carey BusenBy Carey Busen on Posted in E-Discovery Rules, Social Media
Users of social media are likely familiar with privacy settings, and understand that setting their profiles to “private” ensures that people who are not friends, connections or followers cannot view their information and postings. However, it is equally likely that most social media users have not considered whether those privacy settings protect their information from … Continue Reading

E-Discovery in 2013 – Waiting for Godot, Closing Kimonos, and Your World Doesn’t Just Seem Bigger

Photo of James A. ShererPhoto of Gilbert S. KeteltasBy James A. Sherer, Gilbert S. Keteltas and Karin Scholz Jenson on Posted in E-Discovery Advocacy and Management, E-Discovery Rules, Privacy
In some respects, 2013 seemed like a conversation between Vladimir and Estragon.  Some commentators likened it to a simple, unified message that finally had E-Discovery practitioners, litigators in general, and affected clients speaking the same language; others feared that a continuation of the status quo meant simply that another year had passed without addressing the … Continue Reading

Something Wicked This Way Comes – Dark and Dusty Data and the Risk Your Organization Already Owns

Photo of James A. ShererBy James A. Sherer on Posted in E-Discovery Rules, Ethics
This blog post is a joint submission with BakerHostetler’s Data Privacy Monitor blog. During the final panel of Thomson Reuters’ 17th Annual eDiscovery & Information Governance in Practice Forum, Thomas Barnett, Ignatius Grande, and Sandra Rampersaud led a lively discussion on Managing Big Data, Dark Data, and Risk.  And while the exchange incorporated Information Governance 101 principles … Continue Reading

Marital Communications are “Essential to the Preservation of Marriage” – Unless Made from a Workplace Computer

Photo of Gilbert S. KeteltasBy Gilbert S. Keteltas on Posted in Privacy, Privilege
Editor’s Note: This post is a joint submission to BakerHostetler’s Data Privacy Monitor blog. Communications between spouses are typically accorded a “marital communications privilege” because they are “regarded as so essential to the preservation of the marriage relationship as to outweigh the disadvantages to the administration of justice which the privilege entails.”  But marital communications … Continue Reading
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