I don't think you can claim that when second-parties dictate your retention of existent data[0].
An archive is a place to which I can confidently go to retrieve a document in line with the retainer's retention and access policy. If the retainer doesn't control the retention of existing documents then... it's not really an archive. It's just an ephemeral store which may or may not still have the document in which I'm interested.
[0] in terms of raw etymology you are correct, in that arkheia just meant 'public records'. But having to regress to the Greek origin is a bit of a stretch.
Your definition of archive is somewhat eccentric. Lots of archives limit access, or remain entirely "dark", or cull their holdings when legal or budgetary limits are hit. They're still 'archives'.
I don't think you can claim that when second-parties dictate your retention of existent data[0].
An archive is a place to which I can confidently go to retrieve a document in line with the retainer's retention and access policy. If the retainer doesn't control the retention of existing documents then... it's not really an archive. It's just an ephemeral store which may or may not still have the document in which I'm interested.
[0] in terms of raw etymology you are correct, in that arkheia just meant 'public records'. But having to regress to the Greek origin is a bit of a stretch.