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LEGACY TAPE DISPOSAL PROGRAM |
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| Data Destruction |
Destroying data of any type has become a complicated regulatory and legal issue. All organizations should have a written policy for its data destruction practices and should also maintain records to support that it is routinely following its own policy. Addressing legacy data is an important first step in the proper management of the risks and cost associated to the storage of electronic records. |
| Legacy Data |
Legacy data is stored data that is no longer a part of an active information systems.
Legacy data can reside on backup tapes, obsolete or defective hard drives, floppy disks, CDs, ZIP drives, obsolete or out of use cell phones and PDAs. |
 “Managing legacy data is the most important thing an organization can do to reduce risk and cost associated with electronic data.“
Anne Kershaw, A.Kershaw PC // Attorneys & Consultants |
| Astronomical Litigation Cost Potential |
Expensive Risk |
 Failure to address large stores of legacy data can result in huge legal bills. Gartner estimates that the average E-discovery event costs $1.5 million dollars and, in addition, can lead to a smoking gun discovery. Osterman Research estimates that 50% of businesses with over 1000 employees have had to perform 3 or more litigation related searches of electronic records within the last 12 months. |
| Per tape cost for off-site storage = $1.80 per year |
| Cost to destroy a single tape = 25 cents |
Storage savings in the first year = $15,500.00
(based on 10,000 tapes) |
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| Shredding "Toxic" Tapes Reduces Risk |
 State and federal privacy regulations discourage the unnecessary retention of employee and customer information; - Unnecessarily retained data exposes you to information theft;
- The storage of unnecessary tapes is expensive; and
- Unnecessarily retained data significantly inflates litigation costs.
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A principal challenge is identifying what information must be retained and what may be defensibly eliminated.
In many cases organizations have been accumulating legacy data for multiple years and the task of cataloging the legacy data appears overwhelming.
Back Thru The Future has a special legacy data management program that is simple and inexpensive.
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Destroying Legacy Data |
