Native capture: Why it's non-negotiable for modern compliance teams

‘Regulatory reviews require not just the message, but the full story’

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What is native data, and why should you care? David Clee asks and answers…

Have you ever tried reading an iMessage thread exported into an email? It's like viewing your Instagram feed through an A4 binder. Welcome to the reality many compliance teams face today: digital conversations that look nothing like the originals, stripped of context and flattened into disorienting formats. That's a problem, as regulatory reviews require not just the message, but the full story. That story lives in native data. If you're not capturing it, you're already a step behind. What is native data, and why should you care? Native data means capturing communications ex...

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