Email Usage Guidelines

Is it enough to just have a document retention policy or should you have a specific email retention policy as well. Should you also develop email usage guidelines to accompany the ERP or any IT Security Policy that may cover proper use of email systems?

Are you an international company? Do you understand the implications of the European privacy laws and how to accurately proscribe international guidelines?

Are you up to date on recent case rulings in your local jurisdiction and how that may affect your guidelines. For example, this morning a NJ court ruled that private email could not be read by an employer and doing so was an invasion of privacy. Does this ruling set a precedent?

Just thinking about your current policies and their practical applications is definitely a good start, but clients often realize that there were many questions that they have not yet asked themselves.
Working with a Corporate Records Retention consultant may initially lead to many issues to consider but eventually to a better understanding of the state of your current corporate policies and practices and where change needs to happen.