The short answer to this question is: yes. WhatsApp Chats are considered part of business records and as such should be preserved. Depending on the industry you work in and your state/country, different laws may apply, but it’s highly advisable to archive your WhatsApp chats. We explore the specificities in the text below. WhatsApp has […]
Social Media Archiving for Schools: Risk Management in K-12 Education
Managing risk is one of the most important ongoing needs for businesses.
Why You Must Archive Mobile Communications in 2021
Mobile is everywhere. It’s how we kill time waiting for the morning commute. It’s how we book our flights, order food, pay for things and do business on the go. And it has quickly become an integral part of our office routine. The use of mobile devices has dramatically affected the way we work. Even […]
10 Quick Facts About Text Messaging and FOIA [Infographic]
When the Federal Records Act was amended, the definition of a record was broadened to include messages sent using various electronic platforms – email, social media conversations, chats, text messages etc. In government agencies, a growing number of work-related discussions take place on personal mobile devices. For that reason, text archiving has become one of […]
Social Media and Mobile Archiving: A Brief Guide to Jatheon CTRL [Infographic]
In times when the majority of companies archive email, what’s going on with social media and mobile content? Several laws in regulated industries, especially in verticals such as financial services, mandate the retention of social media posts, comments and conversations, as well as business-related content exchanged via mobile phones (phone calls, text messages, voicemail etc.). […]
Mobile Archiving Solutions for Businesses: How to Archive Mobile Messages and Calls
There’s a 50% chance you’re reading this on your cell phone. There’s also an 88% chance that you occasionally (or regularly) use a mobile device for business purposes. When was the last time you sent a business email from your phone? When did you last access some potentially incriminating or sensitive corporate data from a […]
Why You Must Have an All-in-One Archiving Solution
Regulatory compliance and eDiscovery have been the key selling points of email archiving solutions for years. Back in the early 2000s, email was the only digital channel used for corporate communication. As such, it wasn’t long before exchanged email started to be considered important business documentation. This meant that secure, tamper-proof and searchable storage of […]
