Be ready for electronic discovery with a records retention policy
John Weathington, Contributor
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Email retention is low-hanging fruit for IT, so it's surprising how often I see it done wrong. When done properly, email retention as part of a comprehensive records retention policy can prevent potential compliance problems. When done wrong, however, it can cost your company millions of dollars.
Email retention is a very simple task both for you in IT and the rest of your organization. I recently wrote an article for SearchCompliance.com entitled "Electronic discovery critical to health of company, IT organization," wherein I mentioned a company that was fined $2.75 million for improper email handling. This had nothing to do with its archiving strategy or reproduction of email records. The company simply did not handle its email processing properly.
What's happening in today's court system when it comes to compliance violations is a transposition of guilt and innocence. I con...
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