MetaData‌ ‌Policy

[Saim Khan]

CACI jury instructions specifically can be very helpful if you are an employer concerned with how the CACI affects your hiring and employment practices. CACI jury can also represent you in court if you have been accused of discrimination. The discrimination lawyer can help you understand the ADA and determine if you are in compliance.

Establishing a Metadata Policy

Educate yourself about metadata and review the Bar's ethics opinion (and other states' and entities', as needed) regarding metadata. Review firm documents (on internal networks and published on external networks). Is your firm inadvertently sharing confidential information? Involve attorneys and your IT department and establish a firm approach based on your findings.

If necessary, bring in a consultant to advise your firm on a metadata policy. Moving forward, review your policy on a routine basis to address any new rulings on metadata.

Enforcing the Policy

Consider purchasing metadata management software. The software you choose should be flexible enough to execute firm policy, automated enough to enforce firm policy and easy enough for users to understand and utilize.

The latest Microsoft Office program includes a metadata tool called "Document Inspector." Since Microsoft applications add metadata to files, it presents a somewhat contradictory position for Microsoft to provide a tool for removing that metadata. Firms who already practice a metadata policy have found the main weakness with Document Inspector is the lack of automation. The onus is on individual users to "inspect" documents and then decide the metadata to remove, proving to be ineffective in enforcing a metadata policy throughout an organization.