There are no federal guidelines for EDI data retention in general. Data retention policies should be based on your organization's record retention policies for paper-based data. Just because the data may be in digital form only doesn't affect the various record retention requirements, and these could vary based on the type of records to be retained. Just keep in mind that when keeping EDI-formatted data you'll also need to keep the software that can process that data and render it human readable if required. Rachel Foerster Principal Rachel Foerster & Associates, Ltd. Professionals in EDI & Electronic Commerce 39432 North Avenue Beach Park, IL 60099 Phone: 847-872-8070 Fax: 847-872-6860 http:/www.rfa-edi.com Hello all: I was wondering what is the Federal guideline as to how long a business = must keep electronic data. I thought it was 5-10 years but I cannot find = anything to support that statement. Your help is appreciated. Glenn K. Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Senior EDI Systems Analyst Re:SOURCES EDI Department 248-458-8175 --=_BDE7A4B0.C1A0CDF9 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1"= > <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.50.4134.600" name=3DGENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style=3D"MARGIN-TOP: 2px; FONT: 8pt MS Sans Serif; MARGIN-LEFT: = 2px"> <DIV><FONT size=3D1>Hello all:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D1></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D1>I was wondering what is the Federal guideline as to = how long a=20 business must keep electronic data. I thought it was 5-10 years but = I=20 cannot find anything to support that statement. Your help is=20 appreciated.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D1></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Glenn K. Smith<BR><A=20 href=3D"mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">[EMAIL PROTECTED]</A><BR>Seni= or EDI=20 Systems Analyst<BR>Re:SOURCES EDI Department<BR>248-458-8175</DIV></BODY></= HTML> --=_BDE7A4B0.C1A0CDF9-- ======================================================================= To contact the list owner: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives at http://www.mail-archive.com/edi-l%40listserv.ucop.edu/
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