>>We would like to find out what durations other companies use for this type
of retention/destruction schedule?<<
As you have probably heard already, retention timeframe is based on content,
not format or storage location. Information has a life cycle. Setting the
retention timeframe based on media is like establishing a single retention
timeframe for paper:
IT Recommendation: Throw it away as soon as possible.
Accountants Recommendation: Keep it permanently, just in case.
Janitor's Recommendation: Hang the founder's photo back on the wall and
flush the toilet.
Hope this helps.
Bill R
(who must be talking to Chris way too much)
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