- The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is an independent authority in the UK that promotes openness of official information and protection of private information. According to its Web site, the ICO does this "by promoting good practice, ruling on eligible complaints, providing information to individuals and organisations, and taking appropriate action when the law is broken."
The ICO oversees:
The Data Protection Act<./term>
The Freedom of Information Act.
The Environmental Information Regulations.
The Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations.
Learn more about Email archiving and compliance initiatives
Email archiving for storage managers: Learn the data storage aspects of email archiving, how an email archiving system works, as well as the benefits and drawbacks of email archiving.
Email archiving market matures: The email archiving market gains traction as users struggle to manage sprawling mailboxes and ensure compliance. Release of Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 could change market.
Email archiving for storage managers: Learn the data storage aspects of email archiving, how an email archiving system works, as well as the benefits and drawbacks of email archiving.
Email archiving market matures: The email archiving market gains traction as users struggle to manage sprawling mailboxes and ensure compliance. Release of Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 could change market.
E-discovery and building a document retention policy: Data storage managers need to address document retention policies and email archiving to build a comprehensive e-discovery plan. A litigation hold process should also be included.
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