The Importance of Being Permanent

The Importance of Being Permanent

The effect of the word permanent “is rarely pure and never simple”[1] when it comes to records management. In the post-GDPR world, how you interpret and implement the word “permanent” into your retention schedule—as either a long-term retention period[2] or a hardcopy...
Three Traps to Avoid When Reading Records Retention Laws

Three Traps to Avoid When Reading Records Retention Laws

What’s included in a records retention requirement? Allow me to get a little Shakespearean on you. That which we call a records retention requirement, no matter the wording, would still have the same effect. If this were true, it would be sweet. Unfortunately, wording...
Hard-Copy Files in a Digital World

Hard-Copy Files in a Digital World

Another day, another personal information data breach. Many companies started looking at their own system’s weaknesses after learning about the recent Uber data breach. No one wants to be the next data breach headline. This kind of news can make people long for the...