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Security, Privacy and Compliance

What Is Information Governance?

Managing information across its whole life, including creation, classification, storage, access, retention and disposal, to meet legal and business needs.

Legal Tech GlossaryBy The Circle Desk

Why It Matters

Good information governance makes eDiscovery cheaper, privacy compliance easier and AI search safer, because there is less redundant and outdated data to search.

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Related Terms

Data retention policy
Rules for how long different types of records are kept and when they are deleted.
Legal hold
An instruction to preserve information that may be relevant to a reasonably anticipated or pending legal matter, suspending normal deletion.
DMS (document management system)
The system a firm or legal department uses to store, version, secure and search its documents and email, such as iManage or NetDocuments.

General information, not legal advice. Part of the Legal Tech Glossary, 173 terms in plain English.