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Governance settings let you configure Box to manage your content governance needs.

Retention Tab

The Retention tab is where you configure content retention policies. Retention defines how long content is kept even if it has been put in Trash. Content cannot be permanently deleted, even if it is in Trash, if it is under retention policy and the retention time has not expired. This section lists the settings for retention policies and describes each setting. Determines which managed users will receive a weekly disposition email notification. Everyone who is granted access to the dispositions page will automatically receive new disposition notifications, if notifications are enabled at the policy level. These will contain a link to the dispositions page. When notifications are enabled, they are sent by email on Wednesdays to users who are configured to receive them and have any files they own, or collaborate on, where the file is expiring in the next 14 days. The notification permutations are:
Disposition insights enabled in Enterprise IDentification (EID)User is granted access to the disposition pageUser is configured for retention notificationsOutcome
User AYesYesYesUser will get new email notifications with a link to the disposition page. They can also access the disposition page from the left-hand navigation
User BYesYesNoUser won’t get any email notifications, but they can access the disposition page from the left-hand navigation
User CYesNoYesUser will get legacy notifications, with a list of folders containing expiring files
User DYesNoNoUser won’t get any notifications and won’t be able to access the disposition page
User ENoNoYesUser will get legacy notifications, with a list of folders containing expiring files
User FNoNoNoUser won’t get any notifications
People who have retention disposition notifications turned on will only receive new notifications if they have also been granted access to the disposition page. Otherwise, they will continue to get legacy notifications. If they have access, users can access the dispositions page by selecting More from the left-hand side navigation bar. They don’t have to wait for a notification; these serve only as a reminder. The Legal Holds tab is where you configure content legal hold policies. Legal holds define what content is kept and (optionally) for how long even if it has been put in Trash. This section lists the settings for legal hold policies and describes each setting. This section lists the settings for legal hold exports and describes each setting.