Even in today’s highly digital, technology-driven business environment, many organizations demand wet ink signatures for important business critical documentation. This is when, say a contract in an electronic format for a new deal could be signed and sent via email within minutes -- compared to wet inking it, scanning (sometimes running into 100s of pages), and posting to the other party, who then would follow the same process to send a signed copy back. It’s a hugely inefficient, time consuming and inconvenient process. But it’s a corporate policy that many businesses insist on. The misnomers surrounding digital signatures Perhaps the… [Continue Reading]
Records management is once again back on the business agenda, driven by the new European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which comes into effect in under two years from now. Through the GDPR, the European Commission intends to strengthen and unify data protection for individuals within the EU. This new directive represents a substantial leap in scope compared to previous versions of this regulation; and its non-compliance poses a major risk to businesses. No organization can take lightly the risk of a sanction that can be up to four percent of its worldwide turnover. A retention policy Vital to information… [Continue Reading]