EdTech Avenue

Back in early 2008 I was reading an article from Ed Tech Magazine (referenced below) regarding eDiscovery. For those of you not so fimilar with it I’ll try and sum it up. eDiscovery is a law congress enacted stating that any institution that may face litigation in US courts must be able to produce data related to a case that may come up. This may include documents, emails, net usage, and instant messaging logs. I called up one of my knowledgeable suppliers and asked him what he knew of the law and how it applied to schools. I was told not to worry about it. But in the articles below it sounds like schools need to comply with eDiscovery laws.

http://www.edtechmag.com/k12/issues/february-march-2008/the-e-discovery-question.html
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9024018&pageNumber=2

At Faithful Shepherd we currently have no official data retention polocies and only inbound emails are being logged. What I would like to know is this. 1. Is eDiscovery something Catholic Schools need to be compliant with? 2. If you have it, what kind of retention polocies do you have for your data?

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I am hopeful these will download for you. Let me know of success or failure. Should we have a new category of ’standards’?

I am feeling energized after yesterday’s meeting!