Good data governance is the difference between data that drives decisions and data that just piles up as liability. We help you build the structure that decides who owns what, how data is classified, how long you keep it, and who can touch it, so your information stays useful and your legal exposure stays in check.
Building the Framework
We design the governance backbone: written policies, repeatable procedures, named owners, and accountability that survives turnover. Our background in software means we understand how data actually moves through systems, so the framework fits your stack and your workflows instead of fighting them. The result is governance your engineers and business teams can follow without a lawyer in the room for every decision.
Data Mapping and Inventory
You cannot govern data you cannot see. We run inventories and mapping exercises that show what you collect, where it lives, who it flows to, and which obligations attach to it. That map becomes the foundation for everything else, from privacy compliance and breach response to security planning and smarter use of the data you already hold. It also tends to surface forgotten systems quietly holding sensitive records.
Retention and Disposal
Keeping everything forever is expensive and risky; deleting the wrong thing can violate a legal hold. We build retention schedules that weigh legal duties, business value, and risk, then pair them with disposal procedures that actually delete data on schedule. You hold what you must, drop what you should, and have a defensible reason for every choice if anyone ever asks.
Vendor and Third-Party Controls
Every vendor you share data with extends your risk surface. We build assessment procedures to vet third parties before you hand over data and draft contract terms that control how providers and partners use it. That means data processing addenda, security commitments, audit rights, and breach notice obligations that hold your vendors to the same standards you hold yourself.