New Email Rules Effective Friday

An anonymous reader writes "As of today [Friday], certain U.S. companies will need to keep track of all the e-mails, instant messages and other electronic documents generated by their employees, in accordance with new federal rules. In April the Supreme Court began requiring companies and other entities involved in federal litigation to produce 'electronically stored information' as part of the discovery process of a trial." From the article: "Under the new rules, an information technology employee who routinely copies over a backup computer tape could be committing the equivalent of 'virtual shredding,' said Alvin F. Lindsay, a partner at Hogan & Hartson LLP and expert on technology and litigation. 'There are hundreds of "e-discovery vendors" and these businesses raked in approximately $1.6 billion in 2006, [James Wright, director of electronic discovery at Halliburton Co.] said. .'"

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Re:Massive Pretty Good Privacy

[Doc Ruby]

No one cares about any kind of security until after they've been violated.

Then they close the barn door after the horse has escaped.

Most of them get a new horse. Newly secure.

People will complain about PKI, but now that most people have a digital "address book" (in their email or phone SW), adding a signature and a social network of trust seems ready for prime time.