So basically the english 'keep the information'. You can keep it as in not give it to someone else, or keep it as in preserve it. For physical objects this makes no difference.
And it's not just how it's used today. It's how it can be archived and analyzed 10 years down the road with all the additional information gleaned from you in that time.
It depends on the information that’s flowing in them. If they are under compliance purview then they might have to retain or at least archive years worth of information.
At least you know what documents are retained, and in what form, and for how long, and you can plan around that. With all these free services you can only assume the worst.
On the other hand, it can cause issues if it gets forgotten.
I used to explore the steam tunnels under my university. One of our favorite places to get into was this massive room full of forgotten athletic equipment beneath a basketball stadium scheduled to be torn down in a couple years. In the middle of that massive room was an unlocked filing cabinet full of about 3 decades worth of employee information. Addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, social security numbers, all sorts of goodies.
We obviously never did anything with it but like. Damn.
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