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Schemes for data retention do not make provisions for adequate regulation of the data retention process and for independent judicial oversight. [citation needed] Data retention is an invasion of privacy and a disproportionate response to the threat of terrorism. [citation needed] It is easy for terrorists to avoid having their communications ...
Data preservation is the act of conserving and maintaining both the safety and integrity of data.Preservation is done through formal activities that are governed by policies, regulations and strategies directed towards protecting and prolonging the existence and authenticity of data and its metadata. [1]
Data format Data must be stored in a format which can be meaningfully accessed now and in the future. Technology reliance If data requires a special program to view it, say, as an image, then software must also be available to both interpret the basic data file and also render it appropriately. In some cases, this might also require special ...
A retention period (associated with a retention schedule or retention program) is an aspect of records and information management (RIM) and the records life cycle that identifies the duration of time for which the information should be maintained or "retained", irrespective of format (paper, electronic, or other). Retention periods vary with ...
A retention schedule is a listing of organizational information types, or series of information in a manner which facilitates the understanding and application of the identified and approved retention period, and other information retention aspects.
An example of a data-integrity mechanism is the parent-and-child relationship of related records. If a parent record owns one or more related child records all of the referential integrity processes are handled by the database itself, which automatically ensures the accuracy and integrity of the data so that no child record can exist without a parent (also called being orphaned) and that no ...
A range of software vendors offer these systems at an enterprise level (i.e. targeted at managing all documents and records within an enterprise). [1] These vendors have historically provided electronic document management systems and have acquired smaller records management system companies. The seamlessness of the integration and the original ...