Haven't thought this through, but wouldn't allowing a simple records
destruction for a storage vendor with a non-paying customer, couldn't it in
certain circumstances, incentivize a desperate and failing company which
could possibly anticipate the potential of litigation to stop paying their
storage vendor and facilitate the records destruction indirectly.  Sort of
an "Ooops, we missed those storage invoices." The company of course would
remain liable, not the storage vendor, but it still seems an unfair risk to
those who could have cases to prove which those records might be relevant
to.  I'm sure here would be sufficient checks and balances to make this
unlikely, but if the destruction occurs and there are records which were
relevant.  

-----Original Message-----
From: Records Management Program [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
Of Dwight WALLIS
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 11:30 AM
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Subject: Re: Records storage auction

It is difficult for me to imagine a scenario where any one buying abandoned
records would have anything other than nefarious purpose. Basic concepts of
records authenticity and integrity require consistent custodianship, and
abandoning/selling records corrupts that custodianship.Because of this,
abandoned records are essentially worthless for any practical business
application. Perhaps a better solution would be to require their destruction
rather than allow their sale. That destruction could be via confidential
recycling, which would allow the storage vendor to recover some costs.

-- 
Dwight Wallis, CRM
Multnomah County Records Management Program
1620 SE 190th Avenue
Portland, OR 97233
ph: (503)988-3741
fax: (503)988-3754
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