RAIN 20071031
Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories
related to records and archives management.

E-Discovery Requests: Know Your Limits
Law.com (subscription) - San Francisco,CA,USA
Specifically, plaintiff sought "all documents and e-mail messages contained
on [defendant's] personal computer, as well as all passwords and access
codes in ...
<http://www.law.com/jsp/legaltechnology/pubArticleLT.jsp?id=1193735030065>

Banks neglect responsibility for data breaches, some say
SearchSecurity.com - Needham,MA,USA
The TJX break-in wasn't caused or exacerbated by data retention
requirements, he said, adding, "The only thing data retention policies
affect is the amount ...
<http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1280423,00.html>

Iron Mountain acquires Stratify for $158M
Search Storage - USA
Iron Mountain's data retention services fit into the first half of the
process, generally defined as preservation. (For more on e-discovery
products and how ...
<http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid5_gci1280401,00.html>

Prichard going digital
Press-Register - al.com - Mobile,AL,USA
The city is going electronic, transferring its record-keeping system from
paper and file cabinets to scanners and computers. Everything from traffic
tickets ...
<http://www.al.com/news/mobileregister/index.ssf?/base/news/1193822521266150.xml&coll=3>

eDiscovery: Does Your Enterprise Know Where Its Data Is?
The Metropolitan Coporate Counsel - Mountainside,NJ,USA
Ten years ago it was important for corporate IT directors and legal teams
to understand the locations of information and records, but in today's
marketplace ...
<http://www.metrocorpcounsel.com/current.php?artType=view&artMonth=November&artYear=2007&EntryNo=7451>

Iron Mountain To Buy E-Discovery Services Company Stratify
InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USA
RMS is a records and file-room management services company that helps
health-care providers convert records to electronic format and then store
them. ...
<http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=202800820&subSection=News>

Department of Corrections settles e-records dispute for $65000
The Olympian - Olympia,WA,USA
BY BRAD SHANNON The state prison system will pay $65000 to settle a lawsuit
over its refusal to disclose certain public records in electronic form --
the ...
<http://www.theolympian.com/breakingnews/story/258395.html>

A judge's ruling says go!'s parent company improperly used data ...
Honolulu Star-Bulletin - Honolulu,HI,USA
Mesa must decide what to do with Chief Financial Officer Peter Murnane, who
is on 90-day paid administrative leave for deliberately destroying
evidence. ...
<http://starbulletin.com/2007/10/31/news/>

UW, Historical Society launch online Kirk Douglas collection
Daily Cardinal - Madison,WI,USA
The website previews the "Kirk Douglas Papers" from 1945 to 1978 at the
Wisconsin Historical Society. It is the first featured collection to be
highlighted ...
<http://www.dailycardinal.com/article/961>

Your data isn't safe at UC
News Record - Cincinnati,OH,USA
The flash drive contained more than 7000 student's names, Social Security
numbers and dates of attendance. The theft prompted UC to send letters to
students ...
<http://www.newsrecord.org/news/2007/10/31/News/Your-Data.Isnt.Safe.At.Uc-3067000.shtml>

im's $158M Stratify buy ups the ante in the corporate litigation ...
Byteandswitch.com - New York,NY,USA
Iron Mountain's ability to organize data from paper through ultimate
destruction in the information lifecycle will position it well, Brennan
maintains. ...
<http://www.byteandswitch.com/document.asp?doc_id=137867&WT.svl=news2_1>

National Archives Press Conference to Announce Donation of Newly ...
Media Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
This material, which was in private hands, will be donated to the National
Archives. Archivist Allen Weinstein has hailed this discovery as "one of
the most ...
<http://media-newswire.com/release_1056759.html>


Cost recovery, limited access subvert the archive's role
Vancouver Sun - British Columbia, Canada
Yet to retrieve original files one must attend when an archivist is on duty
-- between 9:30 am and 11:45 am and between 1 pm and 4:30 pm weekdays, ...
<http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/editorial/story.html?id=20eed08f-a368-4cb7-8e0b-8095de588787>

The State Journal
Businesses careless with personal information
An investigation by Attorney General Greg Stumbo has revealed that
some unidentified Frankfort businesses failed to properly dispose of
customers' personal information.
Stumbo declined to name the companies " they could have been fined up
to $2,000 per violation " because he said thieves might get sensitive
documents before the issue could be corrected.
<http://www.state-journal.com/news/article/2785362>

The First Step To Meeting The E-Discovery Challenge? Have
The Metropolitan Coporate Counsel - Mountainside,NJ,USA
Only about seven to nine percent of all corporations have document
retention protocols in place to deal with electronic discovery, an
astonishingly small ...
<http://www.metrocorpcounsel.com/current.php?artType=view&artMonth=November&artYear=2007&EntryNo=7449>

Iron Mountain Snares Stratify
InternetNews.com - USA
The purchase could inaugurate a number of technology-related acquisitions
for the iconic records management and storage company over the next five
years: ...
<http://www.internetnews.com/ent-news/article.php/3708416>

Personal data tossed with trash
Kentucky Post - Covington,KY,USA
A Kentucky law that went into effect in July of last year requires
businesses to dispose of records by shredding or erasing - or using other
methods - that ...
<http://news.kypost.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071031/NEWS02/710310354/1014/NEWS02>

Wholly Hopkins
Johns Hopkins Magazine - Baltimore,MD,USA
Afro-American archivist Marilyn Benaderet believes the archive's true
treasure lies in its record of daily life. "You can look at the photographs
throughout ...
<http://www.jhu.edu/~jhumag/1107web/wholly.html>

In Search Of Lost Assets: Using Computer Forensics In Intellectual ...
The Metropolitan Coporate Counsel - Mountainside,NJ,USA
When a company suspects that its intellectual property or trade secrets
have been stolen, the primary concern should be ensuring proper collection
and ...
<http://www.metrocorpcounsel.com/current.php?artType=view&artMonth=November&artYear=2007&EntryNo=7458>




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Peter Kurilecz CRM CA
Richmond, Va