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Benefits of E-mail Archiving

Benefits of E-mail Archiving

"Recent research has shown that even though e-mail archiving was once thought of as being used only by public companies or financial services firms, proper e-mail archiving practices can benefit businesses of all sizes and industries.
 
More and more businesses are now using archiving for storage management, to monitor employee communications and for disaster recovery. The question now is, “Can your business afford to be without an archiving system?”
 
According to Burlington, Mass.-based 123Together.com, there are many benefits and uses for e-mail archiving, such as archiving for employee communication monitoring.
 
Probably not a favorite use among employees, monitoring workers’ communication is usually used in legal proceedings which request e-mail evidence in association with an employees’ violation of corporate e-mail policies and misuse of business e-mail."

Accounting For Twitter and Web 2.0 From a Legal Perspective

Accounting For Twitter and Web 2.0 From a Legal Perspective

"Imagine, for a moment, that you are the General Counsel of Amalgamated Widget, the nation’s largest manufacturer of widgets. One day, you are sitting at your desk when your phone rings. On the other end of the phone is one of the lawyers who works for you; she proceeds to inform you that Amalgamated Widget has just been served with a complaint alleging that your latest model of widget has been negligently designed and caused serious bodily injury to one of your customers."

A growing trend: Social media as legal evidence

A growing trend: Social media as legal evidence

"As Internet use has exploded, so has the legal use of information mined from the Web and social media sites.

Investigators, divorce attorneys, prosecutors and employers are finding information, photos and videos online which can become evidence in civil and criminal cases or simply become a reason not to hire someone.

In 2006, Congress mandated changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, expanding the acceptance of electronically stored information, or ESI, as evidence.

Internet security experts say many users give little thought to what they post online or include in their online profiles. It's a decision that can lead to getting fired, reprimanded or even arrested for what's been posted."