27May
Keeping It Confidential: Protecting Data Privacy, Attorney-Client and Work Product Privilege with the Rise of Videoconferencing
The shuttering of businesses in response to the Covid-19 outbreak forced many companies to unexpectedly and quickly migrate to a remote workforce in order to continue operations. Law firms and clients alike faced unprecedented challenges...
20May
Fundamentals of Software Audit Data Collection – Hardware Inventory
In order to effectively manage their software usage and to mitigate compliance exposure, companies need to know how to gather and analyze information regarding their product usage. While some software products may have unique data-collection...
13May
IBM Eliminates Sub-Capacity Licensing for Windows 2008 Servers
Microsoft recently ended support for all servers running Windows 2008, Windows 2008 R2, and Windows 7 operating systems. After support ended, IBM announced that after Q3 2020, it would no longer support its IBM License...
1May
Key Components of Software Audit Response Policies
Software audits are significant legal and financial risks for all companies. With more and more software publishers utilizing intrusive audits and other information-gathering exercises as the basis for licensing transactions and – more troublingly –...
30Apr
How to Conduct a Software Audit
One of the tasks with which Scott & Scott’s clients most commonly request our assistance is how to conduct a software audit. While almost all companies, large and small, use software in order to conduct...
29Apr
Negotiating a Data Processing Agreement Under GDPR
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) became effective on May 25, 2018. GDPR is the widest sweeping privacy regulation to hit the global market since the 1995 EU Data Protection Directive. GDPR is a regulation...
