Annoyingly enough, SOX doesn't specify any retention period. However, it does implicitly require a formalized and structured retention policy to be applied. Of course, SOX doesn't apply to non-publicly-traded companies anyway.
Even without SOX or other regulatory requirements, a retention policy based on what information is useful to your company, is a good thing to implement anyway. -Malcolm -----Original Message----- From: John Aldrich [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 09:05 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Email retention What's the standard for email retention for companies which are NOT publicly traded? What's the SOX rules on email retention? I just helped one of our managers open some Outlook data files dating back to 2007 which got me thinking about the wisdom of retaining information that long and I wasn't sure what the "norm" is for retaining that info. Thanks... Thanks, John Aldrich IT Manager, Blueridge Carpet 706-276-2001, Ext. 2233 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
