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18:49:28 on Wed, 3 Nov 2004, Talbot Richard <[log in to unmask]>
writes
>Her IT guys have started telling her that it is a legal requirement to have
>an e-mail storage and retention archive because of the DPA (it would keep a
>copy of every e-mail transaction for at least 5 years) We both believe this
>to be rubbish, but what does the floor think are there any case law or legal
>requirements for such a system.
What is the business purpose for keeping the emails? I didn't think that
the sole reason "so we can respond to SARs" was a suitable one.
There may come a time when *Data Retention* law says you *have* to keep
things - although not even the extremists are proposing the content of
emails yet. DPA is being used as the main lobbying weapon as to why is
is INappropriate !
--
Roland Perry
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