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Guest Post -- New Global Data  and Privacy Regulations in 2018 and the GDPR

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In December of 2015 an agreement was reached, leading to the adoption of General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in April 2016. First, it should be noted that GDPR does not apply only to companies located within the EU. Organizations that fail to comply with GDPR risk potentially massive penalties. But more on them later.

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Calculating electronic records storage costs

The Schedule

Last week, I walked through the various considerations and costs of storing paper records. This post will do the same for electronic records and follows the same formula of not taking into account personnel or overhead costs or depreciation of equipment. The Library of Congress maintains information about recommended file formats.).