{"id":5256,"date":"2017-05-10T03:01:26","date_gmt":"2017-05-09T19:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zegal.com\/?p=5256"},"modified":"2024-12-27T18:47:12","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T10:47:12","slug":"legal-counsels-role-digital-policy-steward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zegal.com\/en-gb\/blog\/post\/legal-counsels-role-digital-policy-steward\/","title":{"rendered":"Legal Counsel\u2019s Role as Digital Policy Steward"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Digital workers and business staff throughout organizations are increasingly involved in digital publishing \u2013 whether contributing content to the official business website, creating micro-sites, posting to social media, or creating mobile applications. Without comprehensive <a href=\"https:\/\/zegal.com\/blog\/post\/do-i-really-need-terms-and-conditions-for-online-sale-of-goods\/\">digital policies<\/a> to guide workers in their digital efforts \u2013 and a sound steward to shepherd the creation and management of those policies \u2013 one\u2019s organization is increasingly placed at risk of lawsuits, loss of credibility, or damage to the brand.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Growing_Digital_Risk\"><\/span>The Growing Digital Risk<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Digital policies \u2013 or your organization\u2019s statements of beliefs, goals, and objectives in order to comply with laws, manage risk, or drive competitive advantage \u2013 can directly impact your organization\u2019s online presence and business interests. By creating policies, legal counsel can ensure compliance with local, federal, and international laws and regulations. Simply consider the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lack of adherence to accessibility requirements that resulted in legal action and fines by the likes of <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/law\/2016\/03\/25\/court-orders-company-to-make-website-accessible-to-the-blind\/\">Colorado Bags N\u2019 Baggage<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dglaw.com\/images_user\/newsalerts\/Advertising_HR_Block_Website_ADA_Settlement.pdf\">H&amp;R Block<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li>Requirement to protect personally identifiable consumer information and the subsequent data-breach lawsuits against <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bna.com\/target-data-breach-n57982072561\/\">Target<\/a>, or <a href=\"http:\/\/searchsecurity.techtarget.com\/news\/4500257937\/Lessons-learned-from-the-Adobe-data-breach\">Adobe<\/a>; and<\/li>\n<li>failure to comply with data transfer requirements like LinkedIn which has officially been blocked in Russia.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Policy_Consideration\"><\/span>Policy Consideration<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The digital regulatory environment has grown more complex in recent years, with new requirements such as accessibility (the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/rights-disabled-person\/overview\">UK in 2010<\/a>), cookies (the EU in 2011), online privacy (the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ftc.gov\/news-events\/press-releases\/2012\/03\/ftc-issues-final-commission-report-protecting-consumer-privacy\">US in 2012<\/a>), the right to be forgotten (the <a href=\"http:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/justice\/data-protection\/files\/factsheets\/factsheet_data_protection_en.pdf\">EU in 2014<\/a>), the exporting of personal citizenship information (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bna.com\/russias-2016-data-n57982066291\/\">Russia in 2015<\/a>). Keeping track of these global legal requirements and how they apply to your organization\u2019s digital presence should not be delegated to those without a legal background.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Accessibility<\/li>\n<li>Branding<\/li>\n<li>Cookies and tracking<\/li>\n<li>Copyright and protection, intellectual property and trademarks<\/li>\n<li>Data breach notification<\/li>\n<li>Data encryption and transfer, data localisation<\/li>\n<li>Data privacy, and protection of personally identifiable information (including special policy on children\u2019s privacy)<\/li>\n<li>Digital records management<\/li>\n<li>Shareholder notification<\/li>\n<li>Language and content localisation<\/li>\n<li>Anti-spam laws, including those for email marketing<\/li>\n<li>Appropriate and prohibited content<\/li>\n<li>Digital rights management<\/li>\n<li>Domain names, email addresses and social media accounts<\/li>\n<li>Online advertising and promotion<\/li>\n<li>Social media (personal and corporate)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This digital policy steward checklist should further be customised to your organization based on your:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sector (e.g., commercial, business-to-business, governmental and not-for-profit)<\/li>\n<li>Industry (e.g., pharmaceuticals vs. financial organisations)<\/li>\n<li>Location (i.e., organisational location, domain, and the user location)<\/li>\n<li>Digital platforms (e.g., web, mobile, CRM, social)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"In_Support_of_the_Enterprise\"><\/span>In Support of the Enterprise<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In today\u2019s growing digital market, every organization stands to lose by not addressing opportunities raised by online publishing, and the legal and regulatory risk that this introduces. When legal counsel acts as the steward and initiates a policy program, your enterprise will gain online integrity and increased chances for reaching its overall strategic plan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><a class=\"blog__button\" style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/register.zegal.com\/\">Claim your free trial. Start drafting legal documents with Zegal today.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>About the author<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is a guest post from Kristina Podnar. Kristina is a digital policies specialist, who regularly works with in-house counsels of multinationals, government, and not-for-profit organisations to solve their governance and technology transformation challenges. Follow her on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kpodnar\">Twitter <\/a>or read more on digital policy at <a href=\"http:\/\/kpodnar.com\/\">kpodnar.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Digital workers and business staff throughout organizations are increasingly involved in digital publishing \u2013 whether contributing content to the official business website, creating micro-sites, posting to social media, or creating mobile applications. 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