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How Long to Save Chats, Messages, Recordings, Prompts, Emails, and Other Odds and Ends

From chat tools and collaboration platforms to voice recordings, emails, and AI prompts, organizations are generating more “odds and ends” of information than ever before. But how long should these materials be retained, and when is it safe to defensibly dispose of them?

In this webinar, Tom Mighell of Contoural explores practical retention strategies for emerging and unconventional content types and shares actionable insights to reduce risk, control costs, and create defensible retention rules for these growing categories of information.

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Key Takeaways

  • Determine if chats, texts, and prompts are official records.
  • Balance regulatory, legal, and business requirements with storage costs.
  • Decide how long to keep messages, emails, and recordings—and when to delete them.
  • Align policies across platforms like Teams, Slack, Zoom, and AI tools.
  • Avoid common pitfalls and look at lessons learned from real-world programs.

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