June 20, 2003

Yet another reason to be careful what you say in IM (Instant Messaging)

From IDG News Service: "The National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) informed its roughly 5,300 brokerage firm members Wednesday that they must retain their instant messaging records for at least three years. Under federal law, every securities firm doing business with the U.S. public must be a member of NASD."

Course they'll need good information harvesting tools to sift through all the "Hey, Thai or Mexican for lunch?" exchanges.

Posted by Diana at June 20, 2003 07:37 AM