An e-mail active-archiving product provides a searchable archive of all e-mail messages for a defined period of time. It can be used independently or as part of a corporate records repository for legal and business uses. It also can be used as a solution to reduce the size of production email data stores to gain operational efficiencies (reduce backup time, improve recovery and eliminate the need for quotas while still keeping the active data store lean).

Regulations	Affected Industries
EEOC requires emailed resumes to be kept for a minimum of one year	All employers
SEC Rules 17a-3 and 17a-4	Securities firms, investment banks & advisors Insurance agents & brokerages that deal in securities
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002	All public companies Firms estimated to be acquired by public firms Accounting firms for public cos. (also required to archive their own electronic records)
Health Information Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA)	Healthcare providers
Freedom of Information Act and state or local "open records laws" (also called "Sunshine Laws")	Government entities (state/local)
Same as above if participating in government student-loan programs	Higher education institutions
FDA 21 CFR Part 11	Food, drug, and medical device manufacturers
Gramm-Leach-Bliley (GLB) Act	Banking and Finance
DOD 5015.2 STD	U.S. Department of Defense

• FRCP (Federal Rules of Civil Procedure)
• The Federal Rules of Civil Procedures (FRCP) govern civil procedure in the United States district courts, or more simply, court procedures for civil suites.
• USA Patriot Act
• Freedom of Information Act

• (States make their own rules that apply in their own courts, however most states have adopted the rules that are based on the FRCP).
• SRCP (State Rules of Civil Procedures)
• Public Records Laws
• Open Meeting Laws