Electronic Data Retention Policy

Data retention policies are useful documents that deal with the complex issues of maintaining corporate information for a pre-determined length of time. Different types of data require different lengths of retention and computer systems and applications have added increased complexity to the issue. In addition to describing how long various types of information must be maintained in your possession, retention policies usually describe the procedures for archiving the information, guidelines for destroying the information when the time limit has been exceeded and special mechanisms for handling the information when under litigation.