Data Retention Policy

Thayer Shares Data Retention Policy

Below is our data retention policy for data which is periodically deleted from specific Thayer Shares

Home Directories

Six months after expiration of a user's Dartmouth NetID, their ThayerFS home directory will be permanently deleted. No specific notice, other than the prior notices of Dartmouth NetID expiration, will be provided.

Course Folders

Course folders will be retained for seven academic years, along with the current academic year. At the end of each academic year, the course folders for the then eight-year-old academic year will be permanently deleted. Any active faculty, staff or students who still have access to course folders scheduled for deletion will be given a 30-day notice of the deletion, so they can copy data to retain if they wish.