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Re:Satya Nadella: “I want to use this tactically vs. GOOG/AA... by ShrigmaMale on Saturday September 16, 2023 @07:10PM (#37539748)
the better option is to kill the document retention policy for executives, or keep it as short as legally possible. then, for reasons of corporate security, pre-emptively delete all traces of communications well before anyone subpoenas them.
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Re:Satya Nadella: “I want to use this tactically vs. GOOG/AA... by JKCalhoun on Saturday September 16, 2023 @07:15PM (#37539787)
> as short as legally possible

Does the law allow you delete communications after some amount of time has elapsed?

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Re:Satya Nadella: “I want to use this tactically vs. GOOG/AA... by Denvercoder9 on Saturday September 16, 2023 @07:26PM (#37539862)
Yes, but that amount of time is measured in years to decades.
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Re:Satya Nadella: “I want to use this tactically vs. GOOG/AA... by ShrigmaMale on Saturday September 16, 2023 @09:13PM (#37540500)
the baseline is you're not required to store anything. some communications must be stored for varying numbers of years, but this e-mail doesn't appear to be anything of that sort. https://www.uschamber.com/co/start/strategy/how-long-to-keep...
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Re:Satya Nadella: “I want to use this tactically vs. GOOG/AA... by dharmab on Sunday September 17, 2023 @03:33AM (#37542457)
Microsoft is a publicly traded company. They have to keep emails for a minimum of 7 years under SOX compliance.

P.S. The US Chamber of Commerce is NOT part of the US Government and you should not trust what they say.

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Re:Satya Nadella: “I want to use this tactically vs. GOOG/AA... by flangola7 on Saturday September 16, 2023 @08:17PM (#37540203)
Better hope no subpoenas show up within 7 years of the email.
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