E-discovery Firm Expands to South Africa Via Partnership With Deloitte and Risk Consultant Control Risks
The goal of the expansion is to help RelativityOne customers comply with South Africa's Protection of Personal Information Act and Cybercrimes Act.
December 15, 2022 at 01:23 PM
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On Thursday, e-discovery giant Relativity announced that it is expanding its cloud-based SaaS platform RelativityOne to South Africa. The move comes by way of a partnership with global professional services firm Deloittte and specialist global risk consultancy Control Risks. The company stated its plans to expand to South Africa at Relativity Fest 2021, its annual conference.
"We are excited to partner with Deloitte and Control Risks on our endeavor to expand accessibility to RelativityOne worldwide," said Steve Couling, managing director and vice president of Sales, EMEA at Relativity, in the press release. "Now more than ever before, there is more pressure for companies to keep their data within South Africa and to respond quickly to cyber breaches that may involve cross-border disclosures. RelativityOne allows Deloitte and Control Risks the speed and advanced tools to help their clients comply with such matters."
South Africa is one of the biggest legal hubs of the African continent and has unique privacy laws. In 2021, the country's Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) came into effect, strengthening South Africa's approach to personal data protection and cyber breach response. The law also significantly impacts the handling of cross-border data.
"RelativityOne is available in South Africa at the perfect time as the platform can help customers adhere to the latest data policies and laws in the region," said Couling. Dr. Antonio Pooe, Deloitte Africa Forensic Leader, in the press release. "We are excited to extend our global partnership with Relativity to South Africa. Through this alliance, Deloitte Africa Forensic now runs a hybrid Relativity environment that addresses myriad technical and legal requirements for our local and global clients."
To be sure, South Africa's forward thinking on technology, privacy and cybersecurity extends beyond the POPIA. In August 2021, the country was the first to grant a patent to an AI-generated invention. The country also has a robust Cybercrimes Act, which is directly linked to the POPIA and requires organizations to request to access employee and customer information during cybercrimes investigations, making POPIA compliance critical for businesses operating in the country.
The announcement of RelativityOne's expansion to South Africa comes just days after Phil Saunders officially took the reins as Relativity's new CEO. It also closely follows on the heels of announcements that the company is phasing out Relativity Trace, its compliance monitoring tool, and laying off approximately 10% of its workforce.
RelativityOne was a significant focus of new product announcements at Relativity Fest 2022. At the conference, Relativity also highlighted how the platform is being used outside of traditional e-discovery work in a number of social justice initatives, including fighting human trafficking.
Since the cloud-based RelativityOne platform was first announced in 2016, it has seen notable growth, changes and expansions, including the introduction of a mobile app and user interface improvements. It has also seen multiple changes to its pricing models, ultimately introducing the opportunity for consumption-based pricing.
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