I’d like to take a look at it. It’s not just about giving the donor a “warm fuzzy “, it’s also about avoiding potential liability if VCF is agreeing to delete the data. On Tue, May 18, 2021 at 10:54 AM Dave McGuire via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
On 5/18/21 10:49 AM, Ethan Dicks via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
Yes, you _can_ get edge bits and weak bits and all of that, but who is going to go to that much effort?
A lot of this (ok, ALL of this) is a psychological issue. Most people and organizations have a dramatically inflated opinion of the value of their data. The reality is that nobody really cares, in the vast majority of cases.
LSSM has a boilerplate data protection/destruction contract (i.e., protect until we can destroy) that we've used to assuage the concerns of these types of people. It has satisfied the donor in the dozen or so times it has been used.
One was a payroll company with live data on drives, and it was reviewed by their legal department.
The contract is pretty simple, but I can send it over to VCF folks if it would be useful.
-Dave
-- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA