Poor email management by firms is risking legal consequences a majority of workers believe

A survey from software developer Oasys has revealed 96 percent of employees believe their companies face possible legal risks associated with poor email management.

אכן, one in five workers stated that their company faces “high risk”, על פי הסקר של 1,237 עובדים.

The findings were part of the company’s September 2011 Business Behaviour & Email Management Project, which show that time constraints during the e-discovery process are indeed a major factor.

Lost Emails

The survey revealed that more than a third of business professionals are losing 2 hours or more every day searching for emails that are hard to find. Thirty-four percent of employees surveyed said they spend on average up to 2 hours a day searching for emails, בעוד 8.4 percent spend up to 3 hours a day in the process.

“What most companies don’t understand are the costly challenges associated with having a disorganised email system in the event of litigation,” said attorney Joseph Dennis. “In some cases we’ve seen companies fined by regulatory agencies as much as $700,000 (£439,000) for not being able to produce specific emails under very tight timeframes imposed by the courts during the e-discovery process.”

With the volume of email set to increase, the problem is projected to get much worse, the Oasys study suggested. According to a report by The Radicati Group, a technology market research firm, the number of email users is estimated to rise to 1.9 מיליארד 2013, and many companies have still failed to implement effective solutions to handle the constantly increasing volumes.

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