Agreement before access
A Master Confidentiality and Project Agreement is executed before any file reaches us. Where your firm requires its own NDA or outside-counsel terms, we sign yours.
Trust
Security & confidentiality
Firms send us privileged material, so confidentiality is a condition of the engagement rather than a feature of it. This page sets out exactly how a matter file is handled — nothing claimed that we do not do.
Need-to-know staffing
Each matter is staffed by a named team. Personnel outside that team have no access to the file, and every person engaged on client work is bound by a written confidentiality undertaking.
Matter segregation
Files are held per matter and per client. Material from one engagement is never reused, cross-referenced or repurposed in another, and client work is never used as a public sample without written consent.
Transfer and platform discipline
Files move through the channel you nominate. Where review work runs inside your review platform or document system, our team works within your environment under the access your administrators grant.
Retention and deletion
Materials are archived under our records retention policy at project closure, and deleted on written request or at the end of the retention period, whichever comes first.
Conflicts and independence
We check for conflicts against active engagements before accepting a matter and decline where a conflict exists. Findings are not adjusted to suit a preferred outcome.
Common questions
- Will you sign our firm's NDA?
- Yes. Where your firm has its own confidentiality or outside-counsel terms, we sign yours instead of ours, before any file is transferred.
- Do you hold formal security certifications?
- We do not claim certifications we do not hold. What we can state is our contractual and operational practice: agreement before access, named-team staffing, matter segregation, transfer through your nominated channel, and retention under a written policy.
- Can our client's data stay inside our own systems?
- For document review and platform-based work, yes — our reviewers work inside your environment, so the data never leaves your control.
- Is our work ever published or shown to others?
- Never. Client material is not published, shared or used as a sample without your written consent.
OASIS is a research and drafting provider, not a law firm. We do not give legal advice, do not represent clients and do not enter into attorney–client relationships. All work product is reviewed and adopted by admitted counsel, who retain full professional control of the matter.