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Set Retention And Access Rules

A compliance audit is scheduled in [deadline=four weeks] and I need archived site documentation accessible. Our curren…

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A compliance audit is scheduled in [deadline=four weeks] and I need archived site documentation accessible. Our current folder is a mix of originals and later revisions with no retention tags. I worry auditors will question version integrity. Lay out the minimal retention and access rules I can implement immediately, say which files I must freeze as originals, and give the short folder-readme text to put at the root explaining where originals and revisions live.
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Audit is next month; I must set retention and access rules for archived site docs now.

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