Articles – Page 7 – ARMA Magazine

Attorneys Respond to Delaware Court’s Affirmation That Emails and Texts May Constitute Corporate Books and Records

Written by Jeff Whited on May 29, 2019. Posted in Communications, Content, Data Governance, Digital Preservation, Discovery / eDiscovery, Electronic Records Management, Email Management, Enterprise Content Management (ECM), Information Governance, Information Management, Legal, News & Analysis, Records Management, Retention.

In reporting on recent actions in the Delaware courts, WilmerHale attorneys Stephanie C. Evans and Alan J. Wilson remind organizations to carefully manage all evidence of communications among boards and directors, whether it comes in traditional formats...

IG Exec Has Learned From Failures, Says IG Success Requires C-Suite Presence

Written by ARMA International on May 22, 2019. Posted in Compliance, Government, Information Governance, Information Security (Information Protection), Leadership & Management Skills.

Aaron Bryant, chief IG officer at the Washington State Department of Health, recently provided CIODive.com with an account of the lessons he’s learned in his 14 years as a leader of IG programs and the keys to finding IG success. Bryant, also...

Judge’s Ruling May Provide Clues to the Outcome of Employee’s ‘Dropbox’ Privacy Suit

Written by ARMA International on May 15, 2019. Posted in Cloud, Data Governance, Data Storage, Information Access, Information Governance, Information Security (Information Protection), Privacy.

Earlier this year, a judge from the Western District of Pennsylvania acted on behalf of employee privacy rights when she partially denied a public employer’s motion to dismiss a suit that accused it of violating the plaintiff’s Fourth Amendment rights. As...

As it Nears its First Anniversary, the GDPR Gets Predictably Varied Reviews

Written by ARMA International on May 8, 2019. Posted in Compliance, Content Strategy, Data Governance, Digital Transformation, Europe, Information Governance, Information Security (Information Protection), Legal, Privacy.

Later this month, the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will mark its one-year anniversary, and multiple news outlets are chiming in with commentary on the impact of the landmark law. Legaltechnews, for instance, reports on an IAPP...

How to Break the Mold of Negativity Around IM Policies

Written by Lewis S. Eisen on April 30, 2019. Posted in Change Management, Compliance, Content, Information Governance, Information Management, Information Security (Information Protection), Information Technology.

Most people associate IM policies with notions like requirements and restrictions. Those connotations are unfortunate because that’s not what writing rules is about. Written properly, rules are primarily about getting clarity and about target...

Mapping Document Management Processes (Leveraging an Information Lifecycle)

Written by ARMA International on April 23, 2019. Posted in Archiving, Capture, Collaboration, Data Storage, Discovery / eDiscovery, Disposition, Document Management, Document Strategy, Documents, Process Management.

(The following is an excerpt from an ARMA White Paper “Reviving Document Management: How the Knowledge and Experience of Document Management Can be Leveraged for Organizational Improvement“, sponsored by Access.) Processes...

Establishing a Collaboration Process to Bolster Knowledge Management

Written by Stan Garfield on April 16, 2019. Posted in Collaboration, Communications, Knowledge, Knowledge Management, Knowledge Strategy, Process Management.

Collaboration: interacting with peers and colleagues to exchange ideas, share experiences, work together on projects, and solve problems. Work teams, project teams, and communities need a consistent way to share their knowledge, coordinate their...

Mind Tools for Managers: A Crash Course in Effective Management Skills

Written by Charity Whan on April 9, 2019. Posted in Change Management, Education, Leadership & Management Skills, Review.

Mind Tools for Managers: 100 Ways to Be a Better Boss focuses on identifying the complete list of skills that managers can master to be better leaders in their organizations. The authors provide working professionals with practical advice for these...

ARMA Q&A: GDPR Regulations and Electronic Records

Written by Stuart Rennie on April 2, 2019. Posted in Communications, Data, Data Governance, Data Management, Data Storage, Europe, Privacy, Social Media.

Question: “What are the GDPR regulations for personal data in electronic records such as social media, video, and instant messages?” Answer: Since May 28, 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) (2016/679) (GDPR) has...

Utah to Become Leader in Digital Privacy

Written by ARMA International on March 25, 2019. Posted in Communications, Information Access, News & Analysis.

The Utah legislature just passed landmark legislation in support of a privacy law that protects private electronic data stored with third parties (like Google and Facebook) from free-range government access. Molly Davis, in an opinion piece on...