Intellectual Property Law

Email Usage Guidelines

By Kevin

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?

Often engaging a consultant to help with Corporate Records Retention could lead to understanding alot more about your current policies and practices then you may have been aware of. And thinking about your current policies and their practical applications is a good start.

Full post as published by IP Law Daily on March 31, 2010 (boomark / email).