Retention Policies and Litigation Holds

Data retention policies allow you to specify message retention policies and Saved Search retention policies on the Policy > Retention page. Retention policies are the only way to purge messages; data cannot be deleted directly by a user.

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Retention Policies

By default, automated archived message purging on the Barracuda Cloud Archiving Service is disabled. If you enable this ability, the Global Retention Policy and any Saved Search retention policies are run against all the archived messages weekly on Friday night.

The Global Retention Policy setting does not apply to any messages that match a Saved Search retention policy.

To enable or disable the automatic message expiration capability:

• On the Policy > Retention page, specify whether to Allow automatic message deletion.

Global Retention Policy

The Global Retention Policy applies to all archived messages. When retention policies are run against the archived messages weekly on Friday night, any messages stored on the Barracuda Cloud Archiving Service that are older than this age are deleted unless they match an existing Saved Search policy.

To configure the Global Retention Policy:

1. On the Policy > Retention page, set Allow automatic message expiration to Yes.
2. Click Add Global Retention Policy to open the Add Retention Policy dialog.
3. In the Keep on cloud section, specify the total length of archived message retention:
   1. Forever – Messages are retained in the Barracuda Cloud Archiving Service forever.
   2. For – Enter the number of days to retain archived messages.
4. Click Submit to save the retention policy, and then click Save.

Saved Search Retention Policy 

Use Saved Search retention policies to create exceptions to the global Retention Policy, and to automatically expire messages that match a particular set of content criteria defined in the Basic > Search page.

To configure a Saved Search retention policy:

1. Go to the Barracuda Cloud Archiving Service. Note the criteria specified by the Saved Search on which this retention policy is to be based. If you need to create a saved search, go to the Basic > Search page. After you create and saved a search, you can use it as part of a Saved Search retention policy definition.
2. Verify Allow automatic message expiration option is set to Yes.
3. Click Add Retention Policy to open the Add Retention Policy dialog.
4. From the Saved Search drop-down menu, select the Saved Search on which to base the retention policy.
5. In the Keep on cloud section, specify the total length of archived message retention:
   1. Forever – Messages are retained in the Barracuda Cloud Archiving Service forever.
   2. For – Enter the number of days to retain archived messages.

6. Click Submit to save the retention policy, and then click Save.

   If a message matches more than one Saved Search-based policy, then the message is kept according to the longest policy length. If it matches a Saved Search-based policy as well as the global policy, then the Saved Search policy takes precedence.

Litigation Holds

Litigation Holds are created by auditors to prevent messages that meet the criteria for a specific Saved Search from being removed from the Barracuda Cloud Archiving Service. The system administrator must first Enable Litigation Holds before auditors are given the option to create Litigation Holds from the Saved Searches tab on the Basic > Search page.

The following information about active Litigation Holds will be displayed here, visible only to the system administrator:

• Auditor – The account name of the Auditor who created the Litigation Hold
• Saved Search – The name of the Saved Search associated with this Litigation Hold
• Hold End Date – The date and time when this Litigation Hold expires

To delete a litigation hold you must have system administrator rights; click the trash can icon following the Litigation Hold you want to delete.