Law firms of all sizes rely heavily on the ebb and flow of documents to successfully manage client matters. With several tools on the market that claim to meet the needs of your law firm, we will investigate the two top contenders that lead the way to successful document management. Read more
Data privacy and the governance of personal or business data is challenging to manage in today’s global landscape. Users generally entrust their data to third parties (i.e. Internet Service Providers). The level of privacy to be expected has caused much debate. Further complicating data sovereignty concerns, are world governments using their own interpretation of privacy laws. As a result there is often confusion and overreach during investigations where data is stored on other countries’ servers.
In what has been referred to as a landmark decision, an appellate court ruled this July that the US government could not obtain personal data held overseas by issuing a domestic warrant. Read more
After years of negotiation, a trade agreement was reached on October 5th that will affect multiple industries and have a potentially large economic impact. The impact of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) on local Ottawa small and medium sized businesses while seemingly full of opportunity, has many others fearing it as a threat to global internet users. So why is it that a poll conducted by Innovation Research, shows that 70% of Canadians are not very familiar, or not familiar at all with what the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is? Read more
When discussing data sovereignty or data residency we are referring to the concept that data is subject to the laws of the country in which it is located. Data sovereignty became a growing concern for many local companies as a reaction to the USA PATRIOT Act that was signed into law in 2001.