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Assuming gmail and g-suite share technology, I doubt any enterprise customers would be comfortable with the content of the email actually being purged. I'd gue

Assuming gmail and g-suite share technology, I doubt any enterprise customers would be comfortable with the content of the email actually being purged. I'd guess there is some backdoor for corporate compliance and auditing reasons. I also don't see any reason you couldn't build a bot that grabs these for you to keep via the gmail add on api.

HillaryBriss 9y ago
wait. why wouldn't at least some corporate customers be interested in this sort of thing? they'd have a standard, non-selective, purely time-based expiration policy which would be defensible in the face of a government investigation. "Your honor, we made no attempt to hide specific details about this matter. Our policy has always been to destroy all messages that are greater than 90 days old."
- greenail 9y ago
  Some companies may want this feature. Others would not because the regulators (like the SEC) have said that companies can't delete communication data (email/chat) prior to regulated windows. most companies want to delete as soon as possible after that window has expired which is it's own challenge. I suppose I wanted to point out that not being able to read a message and fully purging it are not the same thing and gsuite likely alienates the enterprise if they cannot comply with regulation.
- walshemj 9y ago
  Then a Judge says that policy is designed to hamper the police and security services based on "reasons" contempt of court and sends a CEO to jail for a month. A retention period in line with SEC requirements (7 years I believe) might fly but 90 days is to short -also how would you discipline some one for abuse of the email system if the evidence disappears
  - HillaryBriss 9y ago
    yes, right. that's fine. they could make the expiration time 7 years and a day. also, when a company finds itself under investigation in court, the judge can order a temporary halt to the ongoing process of timely email deletion so that a fair discovery process can occur. i believe there are existing penalties for abusing the email system if evidence disappears. that wouldn't change.

HillaryBriss 9y ago

wait. why wouldn't at least some corporate customers be interested in this sort of thing? they'd have a standard, non-selective, purely time-based expiration policy which would be defensible in the face of a government investigation. "Your honor, we made no attempt to hide specific details about this matter. Our policy has always been to destroy all messages that are greater than 90 days old."

greenail 9y ago
Some companies may want this feature. Others would not because the regulators (like the SEC) have said that companies can't delete communication data (email/chat) prior to regulated windows. most companies want to delete as soon as possible after that window has expired which is it's own challenge. I suppose I wanted to point out that not being able to read a message and fully purging it are not the same thing and gsuite likely alienates the enterprise if they cannot comply with regulation.
walshemj 9y ago
Then a Judge says that policy is designed to hamper the police and security services based on "reasons" contempt of court and sends a CEO to jail for a month. A retention period in line with SEC requirements (7 years I believe) might fly but 90 days is to short -also how would you discipline some one for abuse of the email system if the evidence disappears
- HillaryBriss 9y ago
  yes, right. that's fine. they could make the expiration time 7 years and a day. also, when a company finds itself under investigation in court, the judge can order a temporary halt to the ongoing process of timely email deletion so that a fair discovery process can occur. i believe there are existing penalties for abusing the email system if evidence disappears. that wouldn't change.