Much of the emphasis on effective data management focuses (and understandably so) on processes that control the creation, transmission, and storage of data. There is, however, the equally pressing concern of effective data destruction.
Records that no longer are useful, and that the organization isn’t legally required to maintain, present risks. “If you leave data around, it can come back and bite you,” says Doug Miles, director of market intelligence with AIIM, an organization for information professionals.
