Let’s start with the implications for data managers. They face a user behavior problem that is pervasive, with 72% of the respondents to the survey self-selecting themselves as digital hoarders.

Hoarding isn’t such a good idea when it comes to data, however. If I were working for a corporation and some California residents I interviewed in 2006 exercised their legal right to be ...

“Collectors” are organised, systematic and in control of their data. “Accidental hoarders” are disorganised, don’t know what they have, and don’t have control over it. The “hoarder ...

Importantly, researchers have described our personal data tendencies as sitting on a spectrum, ranging from digital minimalism to digital hoarding. Digital Hoarding in the Workplace Early work ...

(Electronic-HOARDER) A person or company that holds onto electronic data for years longer than necessary. The cost of disk storage has become so inexpensive that many individuals and organizations ...