ECM for Regulatory Compliance

The Enterprise Content Management (ECM) technology offered by Fireproof is designed with the security and disclosure protection needed to meet the compliance standards of virtually any industry. These regulations serve as just a few examples of how our products help organizations achieve compliance goals.

Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act (Check 21) or regulation CC (12 C.F.R. Part 229) was enacted by the Federal Reserve System to foster the transition from paper-based to image-based check processing to improve the efficiency of the nationŐs payment system.

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) is a Federal law that protects the privacy of student educational records, providing parents and adult students certain rights and control over the disclosure of the information.

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) govern all civil actions and proceedings in the U.S. district courts. Effective as of December 2006, FRCP amendments make every company involved in lawsuits and federal litigation legally responsible for preserving and recovering electronic documents and email messages as part of legal discovery.

The Financial Modernization Act of 1999, also known as the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA), opened competition among financial institutions, including banks, securities companies and insurance providers. It allows commercial and investment banks to consolidate and includes provisions that govern the collection, disclosure and protection of consumersŐ nonpublic or personally identifiable information.

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), issued in 1996 by the United States federal government, sets standards for the electronic exchange of healthcare data, regulates the security and privacy of personally identifiable information and requires providers to use national identification systems for patients, providers, payers and employers.

Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA), enacted by Congress in 1975 and implemented by the Federal Reserve Board, requires lending institutions to collect and disclose information about housing-related loans and applications.

No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2001 is a federal law that aims to increase the performance of U.S. primary and secondary schools and to ensure that all students achieve academic success.

In 2004, five major credit card companies joined forces to develop the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), a cohesive policy designed to help merchants protect credit card account information and prevent credit card fraud.

Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX or Sarbox), is a U.S. federal law designed to combat accounting fraud, improve financial disclosures and increase corporate responsibility.

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Rules 17a-3, 17a-4 and 17ad-7 were implemented under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and outline records archiving rules for the securities industry. In years past, these SEC rules covered only paper records, but today, they include electronic documents as well.

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