Social Media Evidence in Legal Cases: Real Risks for Every Business
Social media evidence in legal cases is more common than you think. See how casual posts become big risks—and why archiving protects your business.
SEC Exam Priorities
The Securities and Exchange Commission released its 2022 examination priorities, providing investment firms, broker-dealers, and other registrants a breakdown of what issues the Di…
Marketing Rule Compliance
Marketing rule compliance refers to the adherence to regulations and guidelines set forth by regulatory bodies and industry standards in the field of marketing. These rules are put…
Drop in Calls to Company Ethics Hotlines Last Year
The SEC previously reported record tips to their whistleblower program. So what is going on? Maybe more employees are working remotely so they are not witnessing unethical or polic…
Discrimination Lawsuits Can Cost Your Organization Money and Morale.
MessageWatcher helps prevent discrimination and helps you flag inappropriate electronic communication. The BBC, in their Diversity Box series, has listed some of the big discrimina…
What is Archiving and Flagging Software?
Overall, archiving and flagging software are essential tools for organizations looking to effectively manage their digital content and ensure compliance with regulatory requirement…
MessageWatcher Partners with LinkedIn for Compliance Program
The expanded relationship will allow for new capabilities and increased collaboration for their shared clients. DENVER, August 16, 2022--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Electronic communication a…
Work Emails May Be Taking a Toll on Your Mental Health — And Your Relationship
Being expected to monitor work emails 24/7 may take a toll on the mental health and well-being of both employees and their partners, according to research published recently in Aca…
Retail Communication Archiving | Protect Customers and Compliance
Retail communication archiving keeps messages searchable, so teams can prove consent, resolve disputes, and meet compliance without slowing sales.
Email Archiving for Compliance
Email archiving for compliance made simple. Capture, retain, and review messages to reduce risk and meet regulatory requirements.
Data Archiving Requirements for the Energy Industry
Energy Utilities and energy companies communicate across email, SMS, chat, and collaboration tools while operating critical infrastructure. Archiving centralizes those communicatio…
Regulatory Compliance for Communication Archiving
Capture, retain, and monitor communications to meet regulatory requirements and respond quickly to audits and compliance requests.
What is SEC Compliance?
SEC compliance, or Securities and Exchange Commission compliance, refers to the adherence to regulations set forth by the SEC in the United States.
Legal Data Archiving | eDiscovery, Confidentiality, and Compliance
Legal data archiving keeps attorney and client communications secure and searchable, helping firms meet eDiscovery rules and protect confidentiality
FINRA Compliance
FINRA compliance refers to the adherence to regulations set forth by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.
Why MessageWatcher is the Better Choice for Archiving and Monitoring Services than Smarsh?
MessageWatcher stands out vs Smarsh, as a well-rounded, easy to use compliance software vendor for email, social media archiving, and more.
Hospitality Data Archiving | Protect Guest Trust and Compliance
Hospitality data archiving helps hotels, resorts, and restaurants protect guest trust, resolve issues quickly, and comply with privacy laws.
Digital Loss Prevention for Communication Monitoring
Back up important digital correspondence in one central, easily searchable, online archive.
Marketing Data Archiving | Compliance and Claim Verification
Marketing data archiving keeps every message searchable, helping teams prove consent, verify claims, and handle compliance with confidence.
Industry Specific Requirements for Data Archiving
Industry Specific Requirements for Data Archiving
Social Media Archiving for Compliance
Social media archiving for compliance made simple. Capture and review posts and activity to reduce risk and meet regulatory requirements.
Data Archiving Requirements for Information Technology
Financial firms must keep business communications and records in approved, tamper-resistant ways — and be able to produce them quickly for regulators. That includes email, text/SMS…
What are the Advantages of Text Archiving?
Overall, text archiving plays a vital role in preserving, analyzing, and leveraging textual data for various purposes. It enables organizations to
Fines, Lawsuits and Advice – Lots of Compliance-Related Topics that Archiving Can Help With
This week is full of news that relates to how MessageWatcher can help organizations avoid fines, reduce legal discovery costs and aid compliance initiatives like ESG. Archiving and…
Modern Messaging Series – Business Continuity Through Archiving
What has been classified as a commodity, message archiving, should be viewed as a key component of your overall business and technology strategy. This is not just wishful thinking…
What is the True Cost of a Tonne of Carbon
"The number is known as the Social Cost of Carbon (SCC)...The SCC defines how much society should pay to avert future damages caused by climate change, such as increased floods and…
SEC alert regarding ESG-related reviews
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s published a Risk Alert last week regarding its review of ESG Investing. The Division of Examinations’ Review of ESG Investing (PDF) …
Modern Messaging Series – Social Media Archiving
What has been classified as a commodity, message archiving, should be viewed as a key component of your overall business and technology strategy. This is not just wishful thinking…
Collaboration Platform Archiving for Compliance
Collaboration platform archiving for compliance made simple, Capture, retain, and review activity to meet regulatory requirements.
MessageWatcher pleased to be supporting The Onyx Advisor Network
"The Onyx Advisor Network will provide access to custodial, investment management, compliance, coaching and other resources for what its founders call “underrepresented advisers,”…
Data Archiving Requirements for the Healthcare Industry
Healthcare Providers, plans, and health systems communicate across email, SMS, chat, EHR messages, and collaboration tools. Archiving centralizes these communications so you can pr…
Email Archiving
Email archiving for email compliance is an automated process for preserving and protecting all inbound and outbound email messages (as well as attachments and metadata) so they can…
Education Data Archiving | Protecting Student Privacy and Records
Education data archiving keeps student and staff communications searchable, helping schools meet privacy rules, resolve disputes, and support learning.
Voice Platform Archiving for Compliance
Voice recording archiving for compliance made simple. Capture, retain, and review calls to reduce risk and meet regulatory requirements
5 Steps to Incorporate Social Media into Your Messaging Policy
Designing the Modern Messaging Policy How we view and define messaging has been altered forever with the emergence and mainstreaming of social media during the past five years. Unl…
Need to Hire a Compliance Professional?
Looking to fill a compliance role within your organization? When you list with us, your message is supported with extended reach promotions including bi-weekly emails to more than…
Data Archiving Requirements for Financial Services
Financial firms must keep business communications and records in approved, tamper-resistant ways — and be able to produce them quickly for regulators. That includes email, text/SMS…
Family Offices Should Expect More Regulatory Attention After Archegos
Family Offices will most likely see more monitoring after Archegos Capital Management rattled the stock market last week. Dan Berkovitz, the commissioner on the Commodity Futures T…
Microsoft Teams® Archiving
By archiving data from Teams®, organizations can ensure that they have a record of all communication and collaboration that takes place within the platform. This includes chat mess…
Data Archiving Requirements for the Hospitality Industry
Financial firms must keep business communications and records in approved, tamper-resistant ways — and be able to produce them quickly for regulators. That includes email, text/SMS…
Data Archiving Solutions
Data archiving solutions (aka Communication archiving solutions) are designed to help organizations efficiently store and manage their data for long-term retention. These solutions…
Information Technology Data Archiving | Compliance and Operational Efficiency
Information technology data archiving keeps communications searchable, helping IT teams prove compliance, speed investigations, and improve efficiency.
Ethics violations by members of Congress – Legislator Misconduct Database
Statistics and information on misconduct of US congressional member, including ethics violations. Ethics violations by members of Congress
Managing Public Records Requests for Electronic Communications
Public Records Requests, Freedom of Information Act and More Technology has certainly made communications easier and more mobile than ever across all mediums. This also expands the…
Network 1 Financial Compliance Fine: A $400K Lesson in Archiving
Network 1 Financial paid a $400K compliance fine for missing client messages. Learn why secure archiving protects small firms from the same fate.
Energy Industry Data Archiving | Compliance and Reliability
Energy industry data archiving keeps communications searchable, helping utilities and providers meet compliance, improve reliability, and build trust.
Finance Data Archiving | SEC, FINRA, and MiFID II Compliance
Finance data archiving keeps communications secure and searchable, helping firms meet SEC, FINRA, and MiFID II rules while avoiding costly fines.
The Transformation of Message Compliance
The last five years have had a substantial impact companies seeking to supervise electronic communications of any kind. Traditionally, since the 1990s, this was a relatively manage…
Data Archiving Requirements for the Retail Industry
Financial firms must keep business communications and records in approved, tamper-resistant ways — and be able to produce them quickly for regulators. That includes email, text/SMS…
Interesting How FIFA Seems Uninterested in Compliance
From ABC news via the Corporate Compliance Weekly News email (which I recommend to anyone dealing with compliance) - FIFA has officially eradicated corruption. All it took was pres…
Markets Punish Behavior That Reflects A CEO’s Lack Of Integrity
A recent study finds companies whose CEOs committed a personal indiscretion — such as infidelity, substance abuse and dishonesty — experienced a decline in shareholder value. Visit…
3 Important Ways to Secure your Business’ Social Media Accounts
There is no doubt that social media has emerged as an important corporate branding tool. This ubiquitous, cost-effective tool for marketing, promotion, and communicating with custo…
eDiscovery Communication Archiving and Search
Capture, search, and export communication data to reduce eDiscovery time, cost, and effort for investigations and litigation.
Why MessageWatcher is a Better Choice than ArchiveSocial/CivicPlus for Archiving and Monitoring Services
Businesses need a comprehensive, flexible, and easy-to-use compliance solution. Comparing MessageWatcher vs ArchiveSocial, MessageWatcher stands out for several key reasons.
Data Archiving Requirements for Government
Government Agencies and public institutions generate huge volumes of records across email, SMS, chat, and collaboration tools. Archiving brings those communications into one search…
Small Financial Firm Compliance Fines: 4 Real Cases
Small financial firm compliance fines are rising. See 4 real cases and what went wrong—so your firm doesn't repeat their mistakes.
Why Leading Companies Choose Sugarwish for Compliant Corporate Gifting
As a trusted compliant corporate gifting partner for companies like Microsoft, Capital One, Southwest Airlines, Google, and Deloitte, Sugarwish helps organizations celebrate employ…
SMS Archiving vs Text Archiving
SMS archiving is more specific to mobile text messages. Text archiving, on the other hand, encompasses a broader range of text-based content from various sources
ESG Communication Monitoring and Reporting
Monitor communications, flag risks, and generate ESG reporting data to support transparency and meet stakeholder expectations
Social Media Archiving
Social media archiving is the collection, and storage of social media content for future reference and to ensure regulatory compliance.
Credit Suisse Chief Compliance Officers – in the News for the Wrong Reasons
Archegos collapse aftermath: Some Chief Compliance Officers in the news over the past few weeks – for the wrong reasons. One is leaving (Credit Suisse) and one is staying (home und…
What Our SOC 2 Type II Compliance Means for MessageWatcher Customers
Trust matters when you’re handling regulated communications and sensitive data. That’s why we’re excited to share that MessageWatcher has successfully completed a SOC 2 Type II aud…
Reducing eDiscovery Costs with Archiving
eDiscovery and Archiving Often overlooked when implementing archiving solutions for messaging is the value in reducing the overhead of eDiscovery. This often occurs as archiving is…
Data Archiving Requirements for Sales and Marketing
Financial firms must keep business communications and records in approved, tamper-resistant ways — and be able to produce them quickly for regulators. That includes email, text/SMS…
Communication Archiving for Cities and Counties
Archive government communications to meet compliance requirements and respond quickly to FOIA and public records requests.
Who Needs Data Archiving?
Many different types of organizations and individuals may need data archiving services. This can include businesses of all sizes including
Data Archiving Requirements for Education
Education Schools and universities handle sensitive student information every day. Data archiving means capturing those business communications—email, text/SMS, chat, and collabora…
Text Message Archiving for Business
Archive SMS and Text Messaging content while monitoring for policy violations.
Facebook Data Breach
It makes sense to check if your Facebook data was exposed. This site seems like a good place for that according to various news sites Forbes mentions that some users' dates of bir…
What is Data Archiving?
Data archiving refers to the process of storing and preserving data for long-term retention. It involves moving data from primary storage systems
What are the advantages of Data Archiving?
Data archiving allows organizations to move less frequently accessed data to lower-cost storage options, freeing up expensive primary storage.
What is 17a-4 Compliance?
17a-4 compliance refers to the regulations set forth by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) under Rule 17a-4. This rule requires broker-dealers to preserve and maintain ce…
WSJ – How Companies Large and Small Pay Their Workers
As U.S. companies disclose for the first time how much typical employees make, two factors are proving pivotal: the size of a company’s workforce and the economic sector in which i…
MessageWatcher Launches Comprehensive WhatsApp Archiving Solution for SEC-Compliant Communication
Denver, Colorado — April 9, 2025 — MessageWatcher, a leading provider of electronic communication archiving and compliance solutions, is proud to announce the launch of its new Wha…
Data Archiving Requirements for the Legal Field
Law Law firms and in-house legal teams work across email, SMS, chat, and collaboration tools. Archiving centralizes these communications so you can protect client confidentiality,…
Can a Tweet Attract a Lawsuit?
It has been clear since 2010 that social media use in business is both a critical communications tool – and one that needs governed as email is. Otherwise you may answer the questi…
Archiving is a Key Component of Cyber Security Plans
Archiving and Cyber Security Much like some organizations found themselves unprepared for massive amount of data coming from the business use of social media in recent years, a wav…
Avoiding Archiving Fines: Review of Policies & Tech
Avoiding Archiving Fines for Email and More Archiving and supervision as a process have been in the lexicon of most businesses since at least the late 1990s. However, avoiding arch…
Healthcare Data Archiving | HIPAA, HITECH, and Patient Privacy
Healthcare data archiving keeps communications secure and searchable, helping providers meet HIPAA and HITECH rules while protecting patient trust.
Website Archiving for Compliance
Archive website content while monitoring for policy violations.
Government Data Archiving | FOIA, Records Laws, and Transparency
Government data archiving keeps communications searchable, helping agencies meet FOIA and state records laws while improving accountability and public trust.
