9.6 Electronic Records Retention
9.6 Email Archiving
This Policy governs the College’s retention of electronic records, including electronic mail (“email”) and instant messages. The Policy is intended to provide guidance on the need for retention of electronic records and messages sent and received by College employees.
The College will retain and destroy electronic records, including email and instant messages, in accordance with this Policy, State Guidelines for Managing Trustworthy Digital Public Records, and the approved Record Retention and Disposition Schedule (“the Schedule”) for community colleges adopted by the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources and the North Carolina State Board of Community Colleges. For the purposes of this Policy, the term “electronic records” is defined to include electronic mail and instant messages.