starts as for Google, Yahoo and other ISPs they would be required to
comply as well I believe. But that is between them and the lawyers. We
do not retain email because we do not offer student or faculty email
or file storage simple as that. It's rather like the public library's
internet.
We do not have agreements with anyone. We do not get involved in a
student's family private choice about email providers.
Greg
On Sep 27, 2007, at 11:02 AM, Dave Baker wrote:
> Greg,
>
> What is the legal stance on this? Aren't schools required have a
> system
> in place to retain electronic communication once a legal proceeding is
> initiated? Do you have an agreement in place with off-site
> providers to
> archive this information and make it available and reasonably
> searchable
> in case it is needed?
>
> Dave
>
> A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> on
> Wednesday, September 26, 2007 at 5:21 PM -0800 wrote:
>> This is one reason why we don't offer student or faculty email. If
>> someone want to subpoena someone let them subpoena Google, not us.
>>
>> Greg
>> On Sep 26, 2007, at 6:18 PM, Backon, Joel wrote:
>>
>>> The NAIS attorney told us, at a workshop, not to archive email at
>>> all
>>> except during discovery as outlined by Peter Hoopes. Anything you
>>> have
>>> in your archives (as opposed to a backup, which is a snapshot in
>>> time),
>>> is subject to subpoena once a legal proceeding is initiated. You can
>>> well imagine the types of messages circulating or saved on your
>>> email
>>> server that might sometime have to be turned over to the courts.
>>>
>>> _________________________________
>>> Joel Backon
>>> Director of Academic Technology / History Teacher
>>> Choate Rosemary Hall
>>> 333 Christian St.
>>> Wallingford, CT 06492
>>> 203-697-2514
>>>
>>> This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and
>>> intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they
>>> are
>>> addressed.
>>>
>>> If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender
>>> immediately by return e-mail, delete this e-mail and any attachments
>>> and
>>> destroy any copies. Any dissemination or use of this information
>>> by a
>>> person other than the intended recipient is unauthorized.
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: A forum for independent school educators
>>> [mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Peter Hoopes
>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 7:34 PM
>>> To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
>>> Subject: Re: Archiving email and limiting attachment size
>>>
>>> A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
>>> writes:
>>>> Second item - length of time to keep the archived emails: 7
>>>> years. Is
>>> this
>>>> too long?
>>>
>>> This is actually a MIS-interpretation of the law. At least our
>>> counsel
>>> and
>>> several other strong firms in the area have told us, you do NOT have
>>> to
>>> keep 7 years worth of email activity. You simply need to have in
>>> place a
>>> method by which you CAN keep email during a discovery process should
>>> get
>>> involved in one.
>>>
>>> If you have consulted your school counsel and they believe 7 years
>>> is
>>> necessary, then so be it. But, if you haven't, don't get caught up
>>> in
>>> all
>>> of the panic about keeping that much email.
>>>
>>> Peter Hoopes
>>> Director of Technology
>>> St. Andrew's School
>>> phoopes@standrews-de.org
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