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Vol. I · No. 251
Mon · 8 Jun
A Daily Lexicon of Trustworthy Data
The Lexicon

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legal hold

/ˈliːɡəl hoʊld/ - n.

1 [colloq.] The one instruction that the retention schedule, otherwise inert, has always obeyed instantly.Keep. Punchy.This is the problem.

Working definition

2. A directive suspending normal deletion of records relevant to anticipated or active litigation.

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See also
  • data dispositionThe least-rehearsed verb in the data lifecycle, and the first one a regulator asks you to demonstrate.
  • data retention scheduleA document specifying when data will be deleted, ratified by an organization that has never deleted anything.
  • ediscoveryThe annual event at which the org learns, under oath, how many places it kept the same message.
  • records managementA lifecycle with a thorough creation stage, a generous storage stage, and a disposition stage observed mainly in theory.