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Press Release
New Survey Showcases Need for More Effective Redaction Methodology
in Law Firms
Electronic Redaction Reduces Risk of Exposing Privileged
Information While Minimizing Time Spent on Redaction
SCOTTSDALE, Arizona — August 27, 2008 A recent survey of law
firms across the country sponsored by Informative Graphics Corporation
(IGC), a leading provider of viewing, collaboration and intelligent
redaction technology, showed that 74 percent of those law firms taking
the survey still perform redaction manually while 44 percent of respondents
now employ electronic redaction technology to handle privileged information.
Next-generation electronic redaction solutions automate the removal
of sensitive content or privacy data, along with any hidden text and
metadata, reducing the risk of having such information inadvertently
revealed due to human error. The technology is employed to deal with
the removal of privileged information, while remaining in compliance
with a range of federal and state mandates that govern the legal profession.
“Law firms deal with a whole range of sensitive information in their
work. Their very survival depends on their ability to assure clients
that such information is handled with the utmost security,” commented
Gary Heath, CEO of Informative Graphics. “Intelligent electronic redaction
software ensures that client information is being handled securely.”
Manual Redaction: An Unprofitable Use of Legal Professionals’ Valuable
Time Like many organizations, law firms have traditionally protected
sensitive information by manually redacting it using tape or markers
and a copy machine, with 74 percent of law firms surveyed reporting
that they still employ this method.
Manual redaction is time-consuming and extremely labor-intensive,
and the result may not be entirely accurate. And computer-based programs
that perform manual redaction, while an improvement over the tape
and marker method, are still too labor-intensive and time-consuming
to meet organizations’ needs. The IGC survey shows that, in many firms,
highly trained legal professionals spend valuable time performing
manual redaction. Thirty nine percent of the respondents said that
paralegals performed redaction at their firms, while 32 percent of
respondents said that lawyers – whose time should be spent strictly
in client service and revenue generation – perform redaction at their
firms.
The Verdict is In: Automated Intelligent Redaction Software Offers
a Solution Law firms could make better use of their professionals’
valuable time, while better ensuring the security of sensitive information,
by employing a system of automated intelligent redaction. Based on
user-specified requirements, ICG’s Redact-It intelligently blacks
out and removes privileged information from documents. It performs
redactions by zoned areas, search phrases or text patterns. And Redact-It
is available as either desktop or server-based software for individual
or company-wide use.
“In today’s litigious and competitive environment, organizations have
to be vigilant in protecting sensitive data. Nowhere is that more
true than in the legal profession, where clients trust their attorneys
with the most sensitive personal and business information. And, like
all kinds of organizations, firms must make the best possible use
of their talented professionals’ time. Redact-It helps them do just
that,” Heath said.
About Informative Graphics (www.infograph.com)
Informative Graphics Corporation (IGC),
founded in 1990, is a leading developer of commercial software
products for viewing, collaboration and redaction. IGC products,
including Redact-It and viewing/collaboration/annotation tool
Brava!, are renowned for their cost-saving value, ease-of-use,
features, and scalability and are deployed by thousands of
corporations, law firms, and government entities in the United
States and internationally. IGC maintains offices in the United
States and partners with key distribution partners worldwide.
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