Thought-provoking Things Worth Sharing - Issue #45
I'm looking forward to the long weekend. Yeah, it's a holiday and it's even my birthday, but more than anything, I'm looking forward to just having a few quiet and relaxing days. Clearly, this week has been a long one, but also one in which I was able to check some things off the to-do list that I feel good about. The productivity is nice, the recharge is even better.
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Security and Privacy
Why cybersecurity is also a human issue, not just a technology one - TechNative — technative.io This time last year, many businesses were still assessing the long-term viability of hybrid working While there was recognition that change was in motion, twelve months on and it’s safe to say this ‘new age’ of operating has become the norm. The evolution in work practices has brought cybersecurity sharply into focus; not only is the threat landscape more vast and complex than it’s ever been before, the frequency and severity of attacks is the highest we’ve ever seen. The scary thing is just how normal this is now also becoming, as businesses struggle to keep pace with this evolving
A cybersecurity expert explains why it would be so hard to obscure phone data in a post-Roe world — www.fastcompany.com Not even a burner phone would be good enough to guarantee privacy.
What Companies Can Do Now to Protect Digital Rights In A Post-Roe World | Electronic Frontier Foundation — www.eff.org The increasing risk that the Supreme Court will overturn federal constitutional abortion protections has refocused attention on the role digital service providers of all kinds play in facilitating access to health information, education, and care—and the data they collect in return.In a post-Roe...
New Firefox privacy feature strips URLs of tracking parameters — www.bleepingcomputer.com Mozilla Firefox 102 was released today with a new privacy feature that strips parameters from URLs that are used to track you around the web.
Workplace and Careers
Linked: The case for turning off your Zoom camera — www.mikemcbrideonline.com Stop considering people who aren't on camera as less engaged. This is just your bias. Your smartest employees understand the additional stress being on camera causes and take every opportunity to limit that effect for themselves. Keep people who are that self-aware. Recently, I was doing a training session with some new employees and started off by telling them to turn their cameras off. I am fairly sure it was their favorite meeting of their week. Think about how easy that was. I was showing them how to use a cloud tool, I wanted them focused on the screen, what I was doing and what I was saying about what I was doing. They were. I didn't need their cameras to tell me that.
The Ultimate Guide to Team Communication — www.grammarly.com
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eDiscovery and Legal Tech
Enterprise employees don't view legal departments as good business partners | Legal Dive — www.legaldive.com Legal News
Have you considered the implications of time zones when it comes to your litigation needs? - CloudNine — cloudnine.com by: Trent Livingston, Chief Technology Officer Most of today’s legal technology platforms require that a time zone be selected at the time of ingestion of data. Or, in the case of forensic software, the time stamp is displayed with a time zone offset based upon the device’s time zone setting. However, when conducting a review, …
Five Great Reads on Cyber, Data, and Legal Discovery for June 2022 — complexdiscovery.com ComplexDiscovery is an online publication that highlights cyber, data, and legal discovery insight and intelligence ranging from original research to aggregated news for use by cybersecurity, information governance, and eDiscovery professionals.
Effective Search Is a Complex Art Form — aceds.org You rely on searching every single day, whether enmeshed in an eDiscovery project, shopping online, or figuring out where to go for dinner...
Understanding Data Privacy in E-Discovery — aceds.org Data privacy issues continue to be a major topic in e-discovery and litigation, but it can be hard to know exactly what is required by law...
Mental Health
Mental health at work: how accommodations can help employees—and companies—thrive | Fortune — fortune.com Experts explain the mental health accommodations available to employees, and how leaders can help create a supportive environment.
Linked: 5 Simple Ways to Do More for Your Employees' Mental Health This Week — www.mikemcbrideonline.com The reason I wanted to focus on this is that it can also be very easy to underestimate how much time people are spending on their work when the work is being done remotely, or in a hybrid situation. Even in the legal or consulting worlds where many of us are billing our time, or at least tracking time worked on projects, it's not telling you the whole story. There is a lot of time spent on miscellaneous tasks that are getting lost in whatever tool you're using to track the amount of time worked. It's the 15 minutes I logged in to check my schedule before accepting a handful of meeting requests before heading to bed. The time spent clearing out the inbox over my first cup of coffee, or answering questions for a newer coworker, it's all very likely to not show up in the "official" time because it happens, and then we forget about it. Do you know how much time your people work without considering it time worth tracking? Do you know how much those little interruptions add to the overall stress levels?
Employee health contributes to organizational health — www2.deloitte.com There’s an opportunity for employers to improve employee health and well-being by expanding benefits and promoting health equity in the workplace.
Employers Show New Concern For Workers' Mental Health | TIME — time.com Working Americans—and their employers—are finally warming up to the notion that mental health care is as critical as physical health care.
Social Media
You Cannot Learn What You Already "Know" — seriousgrownups.substack.com “What is the first business of one who practices philosophy? To get rid of self-conceit. For it is impossible for anyone to begin to learn that which he thinks he already knows.” -Epictetus
Should We Worry About People Who Run Social Media Accounts for Businesses? — www.mikemcbrideonline.com According to this article, yes we should. And I tend to agree. It takes seconds to tag a brand, send a mean Tweet and publicly shame them into responding