Cloud Service Contracts: An Issue of Trust.

This article compares cloud service contracts with records management and archival needs to determine whether or not those needs are met by currently available, boiler-plate contracts. It finds that, in general, the requirements of storing and preserving authentic records are not met by current cloud service agreements. It ends by proposing a checklist of requirements for recordkeeping professionals to utilize in negotiating or choosing contracts to better support the needs of authentic records in the cloud. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]