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Privacy Policy

Privacy Code

Document Retention Policy
Royal Lepage Gale Real Estate

Document

Retention
Period

Comments

Electronic Documents

 

 

E-mail

6 Months

  • Must delete e-mail from in-box and archives;
  • Attempt to keep majority of e-mail related to business issues;
  • Key e-mails pertaining to deals are to be printed and stored in the deal file;
  • Do not store or transfer company related e-mail on non-work related computers
  • E-mails pertaining to the work performance of an Employee/Realtor are to be printed and stored in the employee's workplace.

Voice Mail

Transitory in nature and may be deleted at will

  • However, some messages may need to be transcribed or otherwise saved depending on their importance in a particular matter.

Web Page Files

1 Year

  • Includes any pages saved from Web sites onto an employee's or contractor's computer

Text/Formatted Files (eg. Word/WordPerfect)

1 Year

  • Includes all personal files containing and those considered unnecessary or outdated;
  • Vital files should be printed and stored in the employee's or contractor's workplace.

Spreadsheets

1 Year

  • Spreadsheets needed for tax reasons to be kept for 7 years.

Presentations

1 Year

  • To be deleted when no longer of use or after one year, whichever is the earliest.

PDF Documents

1 Year

  • To be deleted when no longer of use or after one year, whichever is the earliest.

Text/Formatted Files (eg. letters) Forms

7 Years

 

 

 
 

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