Record Deletion Policy

Noah Wilson

Our team has been looking into database cleanup and part of that conversation has included the possible deletion of records. I have availed myself of the many thoughtful discussions on the topic of record deletion in the community, but I have a slightly different question I wish to pose to the forum. What I would like to ask is if record deletion is something that you include in your organization's policies and procedures? If so, what does it look like? Does it outline who has the authority to do so and under what checks and balances (if any)? Does it set down the criteria that a record must meet to be deleted? Thank you all for any info and insight you can provide!

Christine Robertson

@Noah Wilson I think that all of this absolutely should be in your P&P manual. Who can delete, when they can, what criteria should be considered, any backup measures to be taken, etc.