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Make UK FCA abandon its e-mail deletion plan, government and lawmakers urged

By Phoebe Seers ( March 20, 2025, 08:31 GMT | Insight) -- The UK’s financial services minister Emma Reynolds, as well as key lawmakers, have been urged to make the Financial Conduct Authority abandon its upcoming plan to start automatically deleting e-mails that are at least a year old. The FCA claims this plan should not be interpreted as “deleting evidence.” But a coalition of consumer groups has claimed the policy would have a damaging impact on Freedom Of Information requests, on whistleblowers, or on anyone choosing to litigate against the FCA.The UK’s financial services minister and key lawmakers have been urged to make the Financial Conduct Authority abandon its plan to start automatically deleting e-mails that are at least a year old, from April 1....

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