Law firms possess thousands of records of personal information – whether it’s confidential data of clients, employees, or parties and witnesses in litigation. How your information is collected, stored, handled and destroyed can make-or-break your firm’s reputation. But in an industry that relies on privacy and confidentiality, the reality is that many information breaches occur because of employee error, negligence or poor judgement.
You may be doing everything you can, but one employee accidentally placing a bill of sale into the recycling can undo everything. So, with a quarter of risk stemming from inside your law firm, you need to ensure your partners, clerks and interns know how to confidently identify, handle and securely dispose of confidential information
Here are a few of the key information security laws that apply to law firms.