Regulatory Compliance

Staying compliant with the new changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) regulations that concern electronic records archival is a serious challenge for organizations of all sizes.

Specifically, new FRCP changes include requirements such as:

• Electronic communications must be preserved in a non-alterable, non-rewritable, non-erasable format.
• Organizations must be able to automatically verify the quality and accuracy of the archiving process.
• Email, IM and other forms of e-data must be fully indexed and searchable.
• Emails, IM and other forms of e-data must be preserved for up to seven years.
• When e-data is requested during legal proceedings, the required retrieval time is "immediate."

For more information, please review:
Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
New Federal Rules for Email and IM Archival (from eSchool News)