Tuesday, September 06, 2005

British business fails on compliance


Only a tenth of firms have a fully compliant email policy in place

Barely one in 10 British companies is operating a legal email service, according to value added reseller SCC.

The study of 25 UK blue chip companies, including financial, legal, insurance and retail firms, found 87 per cent in breach of requirements set out in the Data Protection Act and Sarbanes-Oxley.

None of the organisations had a fully compliant email policy in place, despite over half experiencing compliance-related issues in the past.

See full Article.