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The Best Memberships for Information Professionals

AIIM

Are you a records manager that wants to move into information governance? You may be a records manager, and records management is records management in theory, but RM can vary from industry to industry. The Best Memberships for Records Managers. Or maybe into privacy?

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How Long Should I Keep This Business Record For?

AIIM

This is perhaps one of the most-asked questions in all of records management. Too often I hear one of two, equally bad answers: Keep Records for Seven years: This seems to be the de facto answer, especially for financial services records. There's gold in them thar records ! BIG DATA!!!

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The Impact of Data Protection Laws on Your Records Retention Schedule

ARMA International

It is essential that your organization’s records retention schedule is compliant with the data protection requirements in the jurisdictions where your organization operates. Definition and Purpose of a Records Retention Schedule. The records retention schedule is the foundational document for a records management program.

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Missing the GDPR deadline of May 2018: And then what?

Data Protector

To the uninitiated, Nymity is a rather well known data protection solution provider. First, in the area of records management, the GDOR requires organisations to actually know what records containing persona data they have and where they are. But enough of these GDPR ambulance chasers. Here are just two examples.

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Choosing to Store, Scan, or Shred Your Documents: A Comprehensive Guide

Armstrong Archives

This reality has made data security increasingly important, requiring a sea change in the way companies handle their documents. At Armstrong Archives, we know the complexities of document management, and that’s why our services extend well beyond traditional document storage.

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What (currently ignored) privacy area might result in early enforcement action when the GDPR is in force?

Data Protector

We have 480 days to go before the General Data Protection Regulation is “in force”. Each professional consulting firm I’ve come across carries out data protection audits / health checks in different ways. Perhaps this will be a task for the Data Protection Board. And then what? I think not. Are they in for an unwelcome surprise?

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The Hidden Benefits of the Digital Mailroom

AIIM

The steps for capture-to-process include: Recognize and extract useful data from the document or form. Validate it against a customer name or transactional data within the enterprise back-office systems. This is particularly important in government, financial services, utility, and legal sectors. Records Managers.

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