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Documenting the Premature Destruction of Local Government Records

The Texas Record

Texas is also not immune from human errors like electrical fires, accidental deletion, or simply misplacing records. This is a wind-up to say that all of these factors can lead to records being lost before their retention requirements have been fulfilled. But what about local governments? But these records have not.

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Documenting the Premature Destruction of Local Government Records

The Texas Record

Texas is also not immune from human errors like electrical fires, accidental deletion, or simply misplacing records. This is a wind-up to say that all of these factors can lead to records being lost before their retention requirements have been fulfilled. But what about local governments? But these records have not.

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Over-Retention of Personal Data

Data Protection Report

The insurer’s record retention policy aligned with the CNIL’s recommendations for insurers: three years after the last contact by insurance “prospects,” and between 10-30 years for individuals who become customers, depending upon the nature of the insurance policy. The CNIL also considered the company’s size and turnover (revenues).

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Preparing for Litigation Before it Happens: eDiscovery Best Practices, Part Four

eDiscovery Daily

Who Uses Information Governance? A 2014 Rand study found that 44% of companies didn’t have any formal data governance policy and 22% of firms without a data policy had no plans to implement one. Records Retention. Typically, when asked about IG, attorneys will say it is a records retention policy. Inefficiency.

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Microfilm Destruction Tips

The Texas Record

Your procedures can include details about who will pick up the microfilm, where it will be destroyed and how, including any pre-destruction preparations that need to be made, and the type of equipment that must be used. Step 2 : After you verify that the records are ready for destruction (e.g.,

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Off the Record: RIM Month Special Edition– Blockchain, Record Tampering, Internet Archive: Oh My!

The Texas Record

It turns out, it has a place in records management as well– at least according to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). In case you needed it, here’s your warning that without a plan and intentional actions taken, the information and records you create virtually (electronically?)

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“The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up.” Our Turf?

Brandeis Records Manager

This book passed under my radar until a kind colleague pointed out that, in one chapter, Kondo dispenses personal record retention and categorization guidance. The book, translated from Japanese to English, reads like rather quaint, Emily Postian, self-help prose, and it is no info governance (IG) monograph. Have you ever used them?”