How long to keep records. You must normally keep records for at least 6 years from the end of the last company financial year they relate to. You may need to keep records longer if: 1  they show a transaction that covers more than one of the companyâs accounting periods.
What is spam? When not referring to the tasty potted meat product, spam is unsolicited junk email sent indiscriminately in bulk, often for commercial purposes. Much of it is sent by botnets, networks of virus-infected computers, complicating the process of tracking down the spammers. According to various estimates, about 80% of all email in the world may be spam.
Definitions of spam used to include the aspect that similar email messages are sent in bulk but with the advent of bots and improved bot technology the use of the word bulk has become deprecated as definitions are changing to adapt with the advancement in technology.