Ephemeral messaging applications like Confide, SnapChat, and Telegram are designed to automatically delete messages from all devices (sender and recipient(s)) after they have been read or after a pre-set (and very brief) period of time. The increasing use of ephemeral messaging to conduct business creates many information governance challenges. I presented a virtual session at
The Canadian General Standards Board (CGSB) standards for documentary evidence (Electronic Records as Documentary Evidence (CAN/CGSB 72.34-2005) and Microfilm and Electronic Images as Documentary Evidence (CAN/CGSB 72.11-93) were recently used to establish the admissibility of records in a case before the Provincial Court of Alberta.  The judge’s ruling (R. v. Oler, 2014 ABPC 130) concerns a drunk driving
If you’re like me, you’ve likely read articles by or heard conference presentations from Records Managers in the US who have testified in court regarding their organizations’ RIM practices. To the best of my knowledge, Uta Fox, CRM – the Manager, Records and Information @ the Calgary Police Service – is the first Records Manager to testify as an
You’ve likely heard of Snapchat, the beloved app of teenagers (and others) for sending disappearing selfies. Â And you’ve likely discounted this popular service (which sends approximately 400M photos/day) as appealing only to consumers. But wait . . . there’s evidence that the vendor community is already developing corporate equivalents of Snapchat’s disappearing functionality that may
Sheila Taylor is a well known consultant, educator, speaker and writer with more than 25 years of experience in the information management (IM) field.
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