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Re: Email Policy Changes
From: Jack Daniel <jackadaniel () gmail com>
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 10:37:54 -0500
On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 1:56 PM, Bill Swearingen <hevnsnt () i-hacked com> wrote:
I dont understand why you wouldnt want to comply with policy? The reason the lawyers have made this decision is because of ediscovery. If their is a policy (and technical restraints) to not keep stuff past 60 days, then they cant be requested to discover email and documents older than that. Sounds like you are looking for a good way of being fired! $0.02
Good point Bill, but I interpreted the request as trying to cover all the bases to help enforce the policy, and framed answers as such. That said, this is such a bad policy that it will be defeated. People are going to do their jobs, in spite of policy- you are much more likely to be disciplined or fired for not doing your job than you are to be disciplined for not following policy (at least in almost every biz I've ever dealt with) This shows it isn't just us security types who ignore the realities of business when crafting policy. The dangers of e-discovery damage would have to be insanely high for this to be in the best interest of the company as a whole. But, we security types ask for dumb stuff all the time, too. Jack _______________________________________________ Pauldotcom mailing list Pauldotcom () mail pauldotcom com http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com
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