[Gllug] BBC on Microsoft DRM in new Outlook

[Doug Winter]

On Tue 21 Oct Jason Clifford wrote:
> According to the earlier BBC article:
> 
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3205080.stm
> 
> "Destroying the e-mails completely would create legal trouble, because in 
> the United States deleting e-mails is a federal offence, regarded in a 
> similar light to shredding documents. 
> 
> Earlier this year, brokers Morgan Stanley were fined $1.65m for failing to 
> keep e-mail records."
> 
> This would seem to indicate that if MS are doing as you suggest they could 
> be digging a tunnel into prison for some of their execs. Then again 
> they've already bought off the US govt once already during the current 
> term so perhaps they'll stay bought.

Poorly phrased by the journalist I think.

In the US, brokers (like Morgan Stanley) are required to keep
deal-related correspondence for 2 years. 

I don't believe there are any laws requiring the preservation of general
correspondence.

doug.

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