Information governance, record management and data retention are essential for all businesses to protect its data and reduce legal risks. Data retention requirements are present in many business regulations from Human Resources and OSHA regulations to tax and financial accounting requirements. Robinson+Cole offers a range of services to help keep your business operations in compliance. We support your business in its endeavors to effectively handle, govern, and protect your critical data.

We offer a comprehensive range of industry-specific services, carefully crafted to meet your business’ unique needs. Our Information Governance services offer your organization everything you need to stay ahead in our ever-evolving digital world. Here are some of our offerings:

• Comprehensive Information Audit: We offer data mapping and classification to help you identify and categorize your data sources, types, and locations, and create a data inventory that aligns with your business objectives and legal obligations.
• Policy Development and Implementation: We prepare and assist in the implementation of data retention and disposal policies that specify how long you need to keep your data, how to securely dispose of it when it is no longer needed, and how to handle exceptions and litigation holds that align with your business objectives. We advise you on how to streamline your operations and delete and destroy unnecessary documents and data.
• Vendor Management: We assist in coordinating with your vendors and in negotiating strong information governance provisions in commercial contracts.
• Data Privacy and Security: Protecting sensitive information is paramount to maintaining your business. We assist with developing robust data privacy and security compliance programs that safeguard your data and coincide with your information governance program.
• Training: We provide engaging and interactive training sessions in-person or virtually to provide your organization with the knowledge and skills necessary to be effective stewards of information governance. From data classification to disposition, we equip your team with the tools to tackle any information challenge.
• Ongoing Support and Maintenance: We offer ongoing support and maintenance of your information governance initiatives. We partner with FilersKeepers, a vendor tool that streamlines and automates data retention period validations, to maintain and update your information governance program on a yearly basis. We can assist in using this tool to develop detailed data retention schedules, as well as to notify you of updates that may impact your retention schedules.

Our team will help you build a strong foundation for your information governance program, drive efficiency, reduce the risks related to unnecessary data and information storage and strengthen your company’s operations.