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Information Governance

What is the difference between Data Protection and Information Governance?

Data protection focuses on personal information, while governance covers all types of organizational information (e.g., financial, intellectual property).

Who is responsible for Information Governance?

It is a team responsibility involving Legal, IT, Risk Management, and Compliance departments.

Why do I need data classification?

Classification helps allocate resources correctly—high security is needed only for confidential information, not public data.

What is "Dark Data"?

This is information that an organization collects and stores but does not use. It creates security risks and increases costs.

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Information Governance and Data Strategy Services

Information is the oil of the 21st century, but its mismanagement can be toxic. Information Governance is a strategic framework combining information security, data privacy, archiving, and electronic records management. This service helps organizations manage information as a valuable asset, reduce storage costs, and ensure legal compliance. Especially in large organizations where information is scattered across different departments (silos), controlling data quality and security is impossible without Information Governance.

Our service offers the implementation of an Information Governance system. The service includes:

  • Data Classification: Categorizing information (public, internal, confidential, secret) and assigning appropriate protection levels to each.
  • Data Lifecycle Management (DLM): Developing policies from information creation to archiving and final destruction.
  • Defining Roles and Responsibilities: Appointing "Data Owners" and "Data Stewards" and outlining their functions.
  • Electronic Document Management Regulation: Developing rules for managing emails, chats, and cloud files.
  • Risk Management: Identifying and mitigating legal and operational risks related to information.

Practical scenario: Company employees store sensitive information (e.g., salaries) on a shared server accessible to everyone. Due to the lack of Information Governance, this data is vulnerable. Under the program, lawyers and IT specialists implement access levels. Another example: A company has terabytes of old data ("Dark Data") that no one uses but keeps, increasing server costs. A governance strategy helps the company securely delete useless information and save resources.

Legal regulation is based on the Law of Georgia on Personal Data Protection (security and retention), the Law on Trade Secrets, and archival legislation. International standards such as ISO 24143 (Information Governance) are also used.

Collaborating with a lawyer ensures that information management is not only technically convenient but also legally sound. It is a bridge between the IT department and the legal department.

Legal.ge gives you access to experts who can turn chaos into a system. Manage your information smartly and efficiently with our help.

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