I'm not thinking about simple deletion by hitting the Delete key, but a thorough and complete removal of documents and their sub-versions from within a document management system. Is there a need or requirement to retain any document specific metadata as proof of deletion?

Stephen Cohen, CRM
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>>I have heard, from attorneys, that deleting the "flag/pointer" is not
>>enough - that the image is still there and discoverable.<<

Using simple delete only removes the pointer to the file.  Think of it as akin to throwing away the cards in a card catalog.  The books on the shelf are still there, they are just a little more difficult to find.

Technically, it is a bit more than that, the deletion process makes the space used by the file available for use by a new file.  But even then, the space is not always used so at times so even if part of the content is written over, what is left is generally very simple to access with freely available tools.

Bill Roach, CRM
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