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Archiving Text Messaging/Social Media
Asked on Nov 19th, 2015 on Education Law - New Jersey
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If a school district chooses to use social media (Facebook to post messages or Google Hangouts to chat or video chat), does the district have to archive the messages and the video chats?
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I don't believe the school district would be required to archive the information. As a public entity they are only required to keep information that is required by law to be kept. If they are using social media for convenience, as an additional way to distribute information, they should keep the information and a record that it was sent via social media, but if they are engagin in a video conference, they would not have to keep an archived copy of that.
Answered on Nov 30th, 2015 at 1:08 PM
Diana L. Anderson, Certified Elder Law Attorney This response is not legal advice and does not establish any form of attorney/client relationship