Apple’s retention policy may be under the eyes of law making agencies. The reason being that Apple is yet to integrate a systematic approach to its document and email retention; part and parcel of policies that form a vital part of many a companies. The company presently has no rule at maintaining and archiving emails, documentation of its employees. The same issues have cost many a companies dearly and lawmakers think that the same may come to Apple and create a lot of problems.
The issue that needs attention here is that in case some mishap is to happen within the ranks, the concerned person may have his/her mails deleted and the company left with nothing to base a case from internal documentation. An e-discovery lawyer highlighted the legal requirement regarding the retention policy.
An employee retention program with no organization or coordination is effectively incapable of compliance, barring an act of God, or luck akin to picking every game right in an NCAA pool. Apple’s retention policy is negligent.
