It began in the cold war, hoping to retain a record of Europe's heritage in case the Soviets came.
Rusbridger took notes in a lined black Moleskine notebook, of which he now has two hundred, each dated, and which he carries to most meetings to retain a record.
The bidders had to provide the technological capability to retain a record of "randomized" (that is, out-of-sequence) electronic images of each voter's set of choices, but the city reserved the right to buy this capability or not.
In particular, the rocks retain a record of their paleolatitude, or how far they were from Earth's magnetic pole.
A federal appeals court says yes, in fact, the government does have to obtain a warrant, if for no other reason than a "reasonable person does not expect anyone to monitor and retain a record of every time he drives his car, including his origin, route, destination and each place he stops and how long he stays there".
She plans to take photos of each page to retain a record of her ideas.
Chances are your email provider -- or employer, if sent from work -- will retain a record for years to come.
If you're suspected of infringing copyright, the makers of whatever weird shit you may have been downloading can force your ISP to retain a record of your identity and online actions for 6 months, or 12 months if they decide to take you to court.
A reasonable person does not expect anyone to monitor and retain a record of every time he drives his car, including his origin, route, destination, and each place he stops and how long he stays there; rather, he expects each of those movements to remain disconnected and anonymous.
