Monday, August 20, 2007

Email policies called into question

<A HREF="http://www.cio.com/article/131900/U.K._Companies_E_Mail_Policies_Called_into_Question">The archiving policies of U.K. companies</A> have been thrust in the spotlight after news broke over the weekend that U.K. supermarkets Tesco and Asda are both fielding email archive requests from the Competition Commission. The Commission wants the supermarkets to hand over millions of emails to help its investigation into allegations of supermarket abuse of suppliers.

The emails the supermarkets need to produce cover their correspondence with suppliers in June and July when there was a price war between the two giants. Asda alone has said it will have to retrieve over 11 million emails.

The Commission is investigating allegations that the two supermarkets had threatened their suppliers and demanded discounts on goods. It forms part of its ongoing investigation into the alleged misuse of power by the U.K.'s largest supermarkets. The other two supermarkets being investigated, Sainsbury's and Morrisons, have not been asked to hand over emails.

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