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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2008
Matthew D. Bondurant, Superior, CO (US);
S. Christopher Alaimo, Boulder, CO (US);
Matthew D. Bondurant, Superior, CO (US);
S. Christopher Alaimo, Boulder, CO (US);
Imation Corp., Oakdale, MN (US);
Abstract
According to the disclosure, a unique and novel archiving system that allows the digital shredding of archived data is disclosed. Embodiments of the archiving system include removable disk drives that store data, which may be erased such that the data is considered destroyed but that allows the removable disk drive to be reused. The archiving system can determine which data should be erased. Then, the data is digitally shredded such that the removed data cannot be retrieved or deciphered. In alternative embodiments, a protection may be placed on the data required to be kept because the data is associated with a legal suit. This 'legal hold' prevents the data from being digitally shredded. As such, the archiving system can provide a system that can dispose of data on a file-by-file or granular level without physically destroying the media upon which the data is stored.