PII Redaction for due diligence and file sharing
PII & Sensitive Data Redaction is now built into Projectfusion. Intro | How to use | Redaction in M&A Redaction removes sensitive information from PDF documents before you share them. It’s especially important when sharing sensitive or confidential documents in a virtual data room, especially when sharing PII (Personally identifiable information like email addresses and […]
7 ways to improve your firms security without spending (much) money!
We recently attended the LegalEx conference at London’s wonderful ExCel centre. Our founder, Angus Bradley, held an insightful talk demonstrating 7 ways to improve your firms security without spending (much) money. Some of the key takeaways from the session were: learning about the process errors that can kill your business, as well as the methods […]
How to convert documents using Projectfusion
As part of our recent updates to Projectfusion, you may have noticed you now have the option to Convert using ONLYOFFICE when hovering over a file in the document library. This option gives you the ability to convert more uncommon file types (such as .txt), into a format that is compatible with Projectfusion, letting you […]
Prevent Data Leaks with View-Only Permissions
“John’s business sale is going well, with 4 companies showing strong interest in the data room. Little known to John, one of the companies, a competitor, is happily downloading details of all of John’s senior staff, including contracts and packages.” “Jane is working on a big transaction, and sees that the firm is […]
Protect your deal with Multi-Factor Authentication
Data rooms hold super sensitive data. Unauthorised access could be disastrous. Strong cybersecurity means less worrying over people seeing something they shouldn’t, or sending things to people who shouldn’t see them… Enter MFA What is it? MFA (Multi Factor Authentication) aka 2FA (2 Factor Authentication) – (computer geeks do love their acronyms!) works by adding […]
Brexit & Your Data
Well a happy GDPR New Year! The EU and UK have agreed that its ok to keep sending personal data from the EU to the UK and vice versa – for now. This gives the EU 6 months to ratify the UK as an ‘adequate’ place for data, which I’m pretty sure will happen. This […]
How to run your ISO audit with a Data Room, Zoom & Trello.
COVID just made having an ISO audit easier… So in the time of COVID, having an ISO audit just got a bit easier! Usually Auditors insist on rocking up and hanging out for days in your office. Now they can’t. Yay! ? Here’s a way to run your ISO audit with your advisor, remotely, using […]
Stay Compliant Across The Globe
At Projectfusion we host data in a variety of locations, all of which meet your local regulatory requirements. With Projectfusion you can keep all your data isolated in one geographic location. Everything stays there – files, databases and failover servers. Uniquely, we offer hosting in both the UK & Europe – important with the lack […]
Introducing safedrop v2: Revolutionising secure data sharing!
Projectfusion is rolling out a brand new version of safedrop, it’s secure messaging service which lets users send audited, secure messages and files to any email address. The World’s first! When Projectfusion developed safedrop in the early 2000s it was the world’s first ‘ephemeral’ secure messaging service, and we’ve continued to develop and improve it […]
Projectfusion and personal data – our GDPR Data processing addendum is ready for you
To help you fully meet GDPR requirements, if you are using Projectfusion to store any personal data, you should sign our Data processing addendum. It covers off all the details that GDPR requires, like sub-processing, breach notification and our security measures. We’ve pre-signed the Data Processing Addendum (DPA), so it only requires an electronic signature […]
3 reasons to take your due diligence Q&A online
Q&As are a vital part of the M&A due diligence process, but managing the queries of various stakeholders can become bewildering and – worse – prone to accidental breaches in confidentiality. Using traditional methods like Word, Excel and email, Q&A activity can easily take up more time than any other element of the M&A process. Online […]
safedrop v2 – share files securely, gdpr compliant, no passwords
safedrop v2 – a simple secure way to share files with complete control, and NO PASSWORDS! Share large & sensitive files GDPR compliant Messages expire or self destruct Each safedrop has its own URL, you share it by email, social media, text, whatever Email tokens for recipient verification – no passwords Click here to get on […]
GDPR – 7 Key elements you must have in your supplier contracts
If you’re using a supplier to host *any* EU citizens personal data (including log entries, emails, documents, HR records, backups) then when GDPR starts in May 2018 you need to have a written contract with them that includes: subject matter and duration of processing type of personal data and categories of subjects. And that the […]
Our ethics – green giving, no guns or gambling please
Ethics form a huge part of our company. We’re a very ethical team, with 5 simple rules that direct everything we do: NO BS Do what you say. If we say it’ll be ready Wednesday 10am it’ll be ready. Make it green. All our services reduce paper,print and couriers. We also have a paperless office, […]
Do you consider cyber security in your supplier selection process?
Your organisation’s security doesn’t only depend on your own organisations efforts. Despite the most robust security measures, your organisations security is only as strong as the weakest link in your supplier chain. You should always search for suppliers that have had their security audited by a third party. ISO27001 is the international standard that demonstrates […]
3 tips to avoid a data breach
Click here to read the original article Here at Projectfusion, we implement all of these measures for you so your data remains safe and even the smallest company can have first class security in place. If you’d like a copy of our security white paper, click here or for some informal advice about ISO27001, see […]
Representations, Warranties and Indemnities in M&A
Representations, Warranties and Indemnities are the contractual tools that both buyers and sellers use in M&A (Mergers and Acquisitions). Let’s say you just bought a company, and then you find out that a key piece of code doesn’t below to your new business (e.g. see the Skype lawsuits)! Well – representations, Warranties and Indemnities are […]
5 Steps to handle data properly post safe harbor
Keeping your cloud data inside the EU is harder than it seems. Now safe harbor is dead you cannot legally send data outside the EU without negotiating individual contracts with each supplier, and even when data is hosted in the EU you need to consider the risk of the US government demanding access (see Microsoft vs US government) Does […]
Even better security and compliance
We’ve just released new updates and fixes for Projectfusion, focused on security, security, security! PDF Security and a new addition Our first improvement affects the Consumer PDF role, allowing you to disable the “Download PDF” button. You can re-enable it at anytime via More > Application (admin account only). Also we added a new button […]