Extract from Justin Reynolds, Akshita Singhal & Lianna Vaughan’s article “eDiscovery & Email Retention: What You Need to Know”
From a legal perspective, email is one of the riskiest forms of communication for a company due to the vast amount of messages that employees send and receive every day.
In fact, the average company processes thousands of emails per day. And many of them often contain sensitive information or legal evidence.
Unfortunately, companies tend to mismanage emails and create a variety of legal issues that are otherwise possible to avoid.
Luckily, businesses can reduce risk by having a robust email eDiscovery solution in place to track, archive, and search for messages during audits and legal investigations. Keep reading to learn more about what eDiscovery is and why it’s so important for companies in today’s data-driven landscape.
What Is eDiscovery?
eDiscovery is the process of collecting, identifying, processing, analyzing, preserving, and archiving electronically stored information (ESI). In a business setting, eDiscovery is important for regulatory and compliance purposes. It’s also important for producing evidence and settling legal disputes.
