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Benton D Struckcheon

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6. I doubt it's that short, as they do need it for billing purposes.

Reply to Tx4obama (Original post)

Mon Jun 24, 2013, 07:34 PM

Jun 2013

I just did a quick Google and found they keep it for a year, allegedly.
This would make more sense. I'd think the current stuff is kept on a live database and the older stuff is backed up in a compressed format to be referred to if needed for older billing inquiries.
Keeping this data around would involve minimal cost actually. Most large companies have a department that handles data archiving, and if you need older stuff restored you can get it done by request.

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