[redjet]

> There was a time when a notebook was also a legal document

This is still the case in certain fields like policing where, in the United Kingdom at least, an officer's pocket notebook is an important document, albeit with some police forces now moving to electronic solutions for this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_notebook

[Popeyes]

Journalists should store their notebooks for 7 years.

[fastasucan]

Or put it in the shredder once the notes are not needed.