Recently, I had the good fortune to moderate a Web seminar dealing with document retention. Not all retention is good. So many permutations, so little time. Let’s start with the fact that more than 80 ...

Most businesses have retention policies governing how long documents are to be retained before being destroyed or discarded. A growing number of businesses are extending their existing retention ...

Following up on my last posting, this week I talk about the basic elements of a document retention policy. While a review of the broad range of applicable laws cannot be addressed here, there are ...

(L-R) Diana C. Manning, Benjamin J. DiLorenzo and Kyle A. Valente of Bressler, Amery & Ross. Courtesy photos Advancements in technology have fundamentally transformed the landscape for storing and ...

A rundown on recent decisions and lessons learned, the rules of thumb for maintaining an effective records retention program, and international considerations for multi-national companies. Document ...

The 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley regulations served as a wake-up call for CIOs to formalize document retention policies to meet compliance requirements. But regulatory demands-and the number of documents ...

In the growing age of Big Media, it is imperative now more than ever that companies and organizations develop and maintain a Records Retention Policy, otherwise known as RRP. An RRP is a policy that ...

Internal privacy experts worried that not having a corporate records retention policy could violate U.S. and EU laws. Years later, the company still doesn’t have one. TikTok’s parent company ByteDance ...

Many employers ask, how long must I keep certain employee records? Numerous federal and state laws require employers to create and retain various forms of employment records. Your insurance carrier ...

A Michigan workplace safety inspector was in step with state record retention rules when he destroyed his handwritten notes and some emails associated with a controversial case in Port Huron, the ...