Deloitte Launches New Proprietary Solution on Relativity to Help Manage Records Disclosure and Data Privacy

Deloitte disclosure solution to aid U.S. FOIA offices and others as data and demands mount

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Jan 30, 2019, 10:30 ET

NEW YORK, Jan. 30, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- In response to increasing demand for disclosure of government records and mounting regulatory requirements for personal data privacy, Deloitte recently launched a secure, end-to-end workflow management platform. Built on Relativity's ediscovery platform and hosted in Deloitte's FedRAMP-authorized environment, Deloitte's disclosure solution is designed to help Deloitte clients manage information requests, create Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) responses and reports and manage data privacy. In coming months, Deloitte's disclosure solution will also be available on Relativity's cloud-based software as a service (SaaS) platform RelativityOne.

"The amount of data that government agencies must identify and review to respond to requests for disclosure of information is growing, as is the volume of requests government agencies face from their own and other agencies, Congress, opposing counsel in litigation and the general public," said Chris Knox, Deloitte Risk and Financial Advisory managing director and a leader in the Federal discovery practice, Deloitte Transaction and Business Analytics LLP. "Analysts in U.S. FOIA offices need to efficiently and accurately respond to hundreds of thousands of information requests annually, while also protecting individuals' data privacy rights. Traditional case management tools simply aren't built to decrease backlogs, to reduce human error, to meet requester expectations and to compile annual FOIA reporting quickly and efficiently."

Deloitte's disclosure solution helps automate redactions, applies analytics to and improves efficiency of responses to information requests, while also offering scalable data privacy regulatory compliance functionality. Knox continued, "Technologies like robotic process automation, advanced analytics and machine learning have progressed such that they can now help organizations — in both government and private sector — more efficiently and more accurately respond to records requests. They can also help manage data privacy with the scalability to address current regulations as well as potential regulations that may be announced in the future."

Deloitte earned Relativity's Orange-level Best in Service designation for exceptional customer service to Relativity end users for the fifth consecutive time in 2018 and is also part of the RelativityOne Certified Partner program. In part, that recognition is due to proprietary accelerators Deloitte has built on top of Relativity's platform to offer easy-to-understand dashboards, artificial intelligence-enabled contract review, custom analytics, audio transcription, and a suite of time-saving automation enhancements such as translation, redaction and redaction propagation. Deloitte's disclosure solution — the newest proprietary accelerator Deloitte has built on Relativity — was recently named a Relativity Innovation Award winner for Best Solution.

With Relativity offered in 28 countries and supported by more than 130 Relativity-certified professionals, the 600-member Deloitte Discovery team helps clients manage multinational litigation, investigations and regulatory compliance matters.

About Relativity
At Relativity, we make software to help users organize data, discover the truth, and act on it. Our e-discovery platform is used by thousands of organizations around the world to manage large volumes of data and quickly identify key issues during litigation, internal investigations, and compliance projects. Relativity has over 180,000 users in 40+ countries from organizations including the U.S. Department of Justice, more than 70 Fortune 100 companies, and 198 of the Am Law 200. RelativityOne offers all the functionality of Relativity in a secure and comprehensive SaaS product. Relativity has been named one of Chicago's Top Workplaces by the Chicago Tribune for eight consecutive years. Please contact Relativity at [email protected] or visit http://www.relativity.com for more information.

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Deloitte provides industry-leading audit, consulting, tax and advisory services to many of the world's most admired brands, including nearly 90 percent of the Fortune 500 and more than 5,000 private and middle market companies. Our people work across the industry sectors that drive and shape today's marketplace to make an impact that matters — delivering measurable and lasting results that help reinforce public trust in our capital markets, inspire clients to see challenges as opportunities to transform and thrive, and help lead the way toward a stronger economy and a healthy society. Deloitte is proud to be part of the largest global professional services network serving our clients in the markets that are most important to them.

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