Electronic discovery, better known as ediscovery, is the process in which any electronically stored information (ESI) is requested, searched, located and produced with the intent of using it in a court case as evidence, for government investigations, or as part of a Freedom of Information Act/Open Data requests. Here’s what a typical ediscovery process looks […]
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FERPA and Email Communication: The Role of Email Archiving in Education
There are very few sectors today that can get away without adhering to email compliance legislation, and education is not one of them. Federal rules and data protection legislation mandate that school districts, universities and most educational agencies archive email and other communications as part of their data compliance duties. This is to cover the […]
Email Archiving and Ediscovery: Why You Need Full Audit Trails
Having an effective ediscovery system in place is a saving grace for many companies, especially in cases of litigation and maintaining compliance to various federal and industry email retention laws and electronic data retention best practices. A Few Words About Email Quotas Email quotas are common in business. They’re used to manage the amount of […]
How to Prepare for eDiscovery When You Already Have an Email Archiving Solution
Electronic Discovery: An Introduction Electronic discovery is a process in which electronically stored information (ESI) is captured, collected and preserved for the intent of being used as evidence in a lawsuit, audit or investigation. The term can also be used when data is retrieved for regulatory compliance, HR inquiries, proof of client communications and other […]
The Ultimate Guide to Email Archiving for Startups & SMBs
Email archiving used to be a business practice limited to large public companies, especially those in the regulated sectors such as government, education, healthcare or financial services. More recently, keeping proper electronic records has proven beneficial to businesses of all sizes, and email archiving has quickly become a way to improve records management quickly and […]
Top 5 Email Archiving Blogs in 2018
It’s the end of the year, so we put together five of our most popular articles from the previous year, just in case you missed them the first time around. If you’re interested in regulatory compliance, eDiscovery, email management and digital communication retention strategies, make sure you check out these stories. 1. Email Functions and […]
Things You Didn’t Know About Email Archiving & eDiscovery
Modern litigation often demands certain data to be pulled from file archives. This isn’t really a new thing, but when records were made on paper, we knew how to manage, store and archive them appropriately. With modern technology, we have what seems like a million different programs and methods of communication. Email growth seems like […]
Email Archiving – When eDiscovery Takes Hours and Not Days
When it comes to issues like compliance and eDiscovery, a lot of businesses tend to adopt the “It will never happen to me“ approach. However, all companies have the potential to be involved in lawsuits. When that happens, eDiscovery soon becomes a big issue. The legal process of eDiscovery, i.e. the sharing of documents between […]