Is email retention legally required for a certain period of time now?
We don't currently have a policy for email retention - we keep monthly
backups for 1 year. The only information that I can find (and I may not
be looking in the right places) says that retention is based on your
company's
Atlanta, GA
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From: Stephens, Tara [mailto:Tara.Stephens;carters.com]
Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 10:52 AM
To: Exchange Discussions
Subject: Email Retention - legal stuff
Is email retention legally required for a certain period of time now?
We don't
It depends on what types of business are being conducted via e-mail. If, for
example, your human resources department uses e-mail to communicate about
hirings and firings, then certain Federal age discrimination statutes might
apply to those communications and your company would be obligated to
First, ask your corporate lawyers their opinion on this topic.
Second, regardless of the answer, consider an email archival system. Why?
Because the amount of business knowledge that flows through a corporate
email system is staggering. Keeping this mail on your servers is not a
good solution.
: Monday, November 11, 2002 9:52 AM
To: Exchange Discussions
Subject: Email Retention - legal stuff
Is email retention legally required for a certain period of time now? We
don't currently have a policy for email retention - we keep monthly backups
for 1 year. The only information that I can find
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