Boston Mayoral Race Highlights the Need for E-mail Retention Policy

Blogger: Bill Pray

There are frequent stories in the news of e-mail messages playing a prominent role in litigation or a scandal. Linda Tucci, a Senior News Writer for SearchCIO.com, covers the latest scandal in the Boston mayoral race from the angle of how that situation highlights the need for enterprises to implement an e-mail policy and technology.

In the story, attorney Edwin Larkin (a litigation partner at Venable LLP in New York) is quoted:

“The takeaway for CIOs is that you need to make sure employees are aware of the email retention policy and they abide by it," Larkin said. "Point two is that CIOs need to let people know that if you don't work within that policy, you run the risk of losing data."