Alienated records are official documents that have ended up in the possession of individuals or external organizations not legally entitled to hold them.
Taking time to identify where these rogue records might live allows you to formulate a clear strategy for recovering your organization's intellectual property.
- Do former employees or external contractors still possess copies of your organization's critical business records?
- What legal mechanisms do you have in place to demand the return of alienated data?
Action Item: Identify one external party who may be holding alienated records and draft a formal request for their return.