EDRM Augments Policy Documents

As EDRM evolves as a multidisciplinary, global, project based community, the following policies have emerged to guide our activities.

EDRM owes a debt of gratitude to ComplexDiscovery’s Rob Robinson for leading the way, creating tools and frameworks to support our collective use cases and several of these are edited and used with permission from ComplexDiscovery and noted in the policy itself.

In alphabetical order, EDRM’s policies are as follows:

  1. Accessibility Statement.
  2. Cookie Policy.
  3. Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging Statement. 
  4. Generative AI and Large Language Model Policy
  5. Privacy Policy.
  6. Terms of Use Policy

Accessibility Statement.

EDRM, as a global, multidisciplinary project based community, benefits when everyone in our community is able to participate and communicate in our communities.  To that end, EDRM followed the lead of ComplexDiscovery’s Rob Robinson in choosing to implement UserWay’s Web Accessibility Widget, powered by dedicated accessibility server.  The software allows EDRM to improve its compliance with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1). The plugin is visible on the lower right of the screen, and when pressed, will activate accessibility features. Read the entire policy here.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging 

Accessibility is only one of the foundations of EDRM’s intention that all are welcome and all have something to learn and to contribute.  To that end, EDRM has no financial barrier in membership fees for participation for individuals enabled by our wonderful Trusted Partners.  We intentionally invite professionals from throughout the ecosystem, including partners, associates, staff and contract attorneys, paralegals, practice and litigation support, general and agc attorneys, legal operations, project management, IT, data science, security, forensics, compliance, training, marketing, change management, information governance and privacy.

As a global community, we are aware of our differences in geography, jurisdiction, language, race, gender, sexual orientation and stakeholder status and seek input and participation from the broader community.  Read the entire policy here.

Generative AI and Large Language Model Policy

EDRM is excited by the possibilities opened by Generative AI and Large Language Models, and wary of impacts.  To that end, EDRM requires our authors and faculty to disclose of the use of Generative AI for both text and images.  EDRM itself uses Generative AI for brainstorming, and we edit and validate output.  Read the entire policy here.

Privacy Policy.

As a global legal tech community, EDRM is sensitive to the changing privacy regulations throughout regions, countries, localities and industries.  To capture and consent, and to update for new privacy regulations, EDRM again follows the lead of Rob Robinson of ComplexDiscovery in using the Termly App. Read the entire policy here.

Cookie Policy

It is EDRM’s policy to minimize cookies by design, and to adhere to marketing regulation while at the same time, providing aggregate insights into clicks and page views.  EDRM will scan our site periodically and update our policies, cookie, privacy and term of service, through Termly’s application.  Read the entire policy here

Terms of Use Policy

EDRM publishes community created content under Creative Commons 4.0 International unless otherwise marked as proprietary IP.  This means EDRM Creative Commons content can be used and modified, even for commercial purposes, with attribution back to EDRM.net.  EDRM’s expectation is that use of the site will be professional and respectful of our community.  EDRM reserves the right to refuse publication or remove material at its option.  EDRM receives communications about terms of use, privacy, cookies, AI and accessibility at info@edrm.net. Read the entire policy here.

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    Empowering the global leaders of e-discovery, the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) creates practical resources to improve e-discovery, privacy, security and information governance. Since 2005, EDRM has delivered leadership, standards, tools and guides to improve best practices throughout the world. EDRM has an international presence in 145 countries spanning six continents and growing has an innovative support infrastructure for individuals, law firms, corporations and government organizations seeking to improve the practice and provision of data and legal discovery. Learn more about the EDRM today at EDRM.net.

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