Records Retention in 2026 Isn’t About Storage, It’s About Control
Learn how a modern records retention strategy helps organizations control communication data, reduce risk and improve compliance.
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Your Employees Aren’t Breaking the Rules, Your Communication Policy Is
Learn why an outdated communication compliance policy can create gaps across email, text, social media, and collaboration tools.
When a Subpoena Arrives: Can You Find the Communications You Need?
Learn how to prepare for eDiscovery by preserving and organizing business communications before a subpoena or regulatory request.
Communication Archiving vs. Backup: Why They Aren’t the Same Thing
Learn how communication archiving vs backup differ and why regulated organizations may need both for compliance and data protection.
How Off-Channel Messaging Creates Compliance Risk—and How to Avoid It
Learn how off-channel messaging creates compliance risks and how centralized archiving helps protect your organization.
AI Governance in the Workplace: How Companies Can Track and Manage AI Usage
Learn how AI governance helps organizations manage risk, improve compliance, and document AI usage across the workplace.
Influencer Marketing Isn’t Going Away: Stay Compliant While Embracing It
Influencer marketing is one of the most powerful marketing strategies brands use to drive brand visibility, connect, and build trust with consumers. In 2026, consumers aren’t just…
The Regulation S-P Deadline Is Here, Is Your Firm Operationally Ready?
Regulation S-P compliance deadlines have passed. Learn what firms need for incident response, vendor oversight and communication monitoring.
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…
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…
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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…
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…
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
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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) …
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…
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,”…
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…
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…
