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A legally-Compliant Records Retention Schedule Helps Your Organization:
Save time and reduce costs
Avoid fines, penalties, and legal risk
Comply with federal and state requirements
Safely destroy valueless records
Reduce litigation exposure
Support your data privacy programs
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Destruction of Records – Your Legal Obligations!
by Donald S. Skupsky, JD, CRM, FAI All organizations destroy records. Preferably, records are destroyed under a records retention program when they are no longer needed for any legal, user, historical or other purpose. Records are also destroyed after...
Legal Requirements & Legal Consideration – The Basis for the Legal Records Retention Period
by Donald S. Skupsky, JD, CRM, FAI The records retention schedule specifies the user, legal and other records retention periods for each retention category. User retention periods are the periods users need records to perform their function. Legal...
Determining Litigation and Statutes of Limitation Requirements for Records Retention Programs
by Donald S. Skupsky, JD, CRM, FAI Traditionally, lawyers have advised their clients to "retain records forever in case we are sued". As a result, the development of effective records retention programs have sometimes been thwarted based upon the mistaken...