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The US is swiftly enacting state-level privacy requirements, while more stringent standards have been implemented internationally. In response, companies are working to mature their data privacy and protection programs to comply with increasingly complex requirements. While leaders are investing in technology and resources to enhance their organizations’ privacy capabilities, they will also need to consider the impact to litigation, investigations and other discovery needs.
Legal teams will need to take a more proactive, comprehensive approach to evaluate where their data resides and what laws apply. While lawyers may be aware of potential cross-border data transfers, they may not be contemplating additional challenges to protect potentially private data from a document review and production perspective.
In the aftermath of a data breach, the need to conduct a thorough and efficient privacy review may raise additional concerns based on urgency and reporting requirements. Privacy reviews entail the need to both accurately identify and appropriately safeguard individuals’ protected private information, potentially under multiple regulatory frameworks.