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Email Retention- Does your firm have a policy?

Posted by Tom Henell on Mon, Jun 04, 2012 @ 03:33 PM

Email has become the De facto tool for professional and personal communication.  However, the ease with which we use email also creates significant exposure to our firms.  The use of "E-discovery" is increasing in the courts, and many firms wait until it is too late to address important internal policies.

Roman Kepczyk, CPA.CITP does a great job in this article to outline the exposures created by email and the importance of a solid email retention policy. 

In addition, see NAPLIA's resources on Record Retention here

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