Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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.
A records retention schedule is a document, often developed using archival appraisal concepts and analysis of business and legal contexts within the intended jurisdictions, that outlines how long certain types of records need to be retained for before they can be destroyed. For the retention schedule to be utilized a number of guidelines need ...
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 ...
Records used infrequently may be moved to an “inactive records facility” until they meet their retention limit. Although some information retains long-term value, most records lose relevance over time, with their highest value occurring shortly after creation. Records then transition from active to semi-active and eventually to inactive. [12]
This typically involves retention (and protection from change), until some events occur which relate to the record and which trigger the final disposition schedule to apply to the record. Eventually, typically at a set time after these events, the record undergoes destruction .
Electronic document and records management system; Electronic message journaling; Electronic Records Archives; Electronically stored information (Federal Rules of Civil Procedure) Email archiving; Emmett Leahy
The records management phase of the records life-cycle consists of: creation; classification; maintenance; disposition; Creation occurs during the receipt of information in the form of records. Records or their information is classified in some logical system. As records are used they require maintenance.
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 ...