Purpose
1.2. Reduce risk of non-compliance by automatically preserving, relocating, or encrypting records after defined intervals or regulatory events.
1.3. Maintain readiness for audits, legal inquires, and insurance verifications by enforcing systematic digital record-keeping.
Trigger Conditions
2.2. Modification or closure of contracts, performer agreements, or vendor payments.
2.3. Record age reaching a compliance-defined retention milestone (e.g., 5 years).
2.4. Updates in regulation or internal compliance policy, requiring a change in record handling or lifespan.
2.5. Manual override request by compliance or legal authority.
Platform Variants
3.1. Microsoft SharePoint
• Feature/Setting: Configure Retention Policies in Compliance Center to auto-transfer specific record libraries to archive sites upon aging.
3.2. Google Workspace
• Feature/Setting: Use Vault with auto-hold and retention rules triggered by labels on event records.
3.3. Box
• Feature/Setting: Create retention policies and auto-archive workflows via Box Governance API.
3.4. AWS S3
• Feature/Setting: Use S3 Lifecycle Policies to transition log files and documents to Glacier storage.
3.5. Dropbox Business
• Feature/Setting: Implement Dropbox Team Folder API to move aged compliance folders to secure archive.
3.6. MongoDB Atlas
• Feature/Setting: Scheduled Data Archiving using Atlas Triggers on expiration fields.
3.7. Salesforce
• Feature/Setting: Setup Data Retention Policies and trigger Process Builder to send expired records to static document storage.
3.8. Zendesk
• Feature/Setting: Use Zendesk API to archive resolved tickets tagged as "compliance" after 3 years.
3.9. Airtable
• Feature/Setting: Automate with Scripting Block to transfer records to 'Archive' table when status is closed and date is past retention.
3.10. DocuSign
• Feature/Setting: Enable Document Retention in Admin, archive envelopes based on expiry triggers.
3.11. Smartsheet
• Feature/Setting: Create workflow automation to move rows to a locked 'Archive Sheet' after completion and time-based criteria.
3.12. M-Files
• Feature/Setting: Configure Metadata-Driven Workflow Automation for compliance-triggered archiving.
3.13. ServiceNow
• Feature/Setting: Write Business Rule to flag and archive incident/request records upon retention date.
3.14. NetSuite
• Feature/Setting: Schedule SuiteScripts to auto-archive or encrypt financial logs after policy-defined intervals.
3.15. Slack
• Feature/Setting: Use Retention API for workspace message and file cleanup, auto-archiving compliance-constrained channels.
3.16. SAP
• Feature/Setting: Activate Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) and archive historical business documents per rules.
3.17. Oracle Cloud
• Feature/Setting: Configure Object Lifecycle Policy for automatic data archiving in Oracle Cloud Storage.
3.18. IBM Cloud Object Storage
• Feature/Setting: Setup Archive/Retention Policy using expiration tags on bucket objects.
3.19. HubSpot
• Feature/Setting: Use Workflow Automation and custom properties to trigger data transfer to external archive.
3.20. Zoho CRM
• Feature/Setting: Schedule Functions to move or encrypt records reaching compliance age thresholds.
3.21. Azure Blob Storage
• Feature/Setting: Enable Lifecycle Management rules to move blobs matching compliance tags into Archive access tier.
3.22. Egnyte
• Feature/Setting: Employ Content Lifecycle Policies to auto-move or delete files per retention specs.
3.23. OneDrive for Business
• Feature/Setting: Apply retention labels and rules to auto-move or lock documents after defined lifespan.
3.24. Monday.com
• Feature/Setting: Use Automation Recipes to move or mark boards/pulses archived after contract completion and pre-set duration.
Benefits
4.2. Accelerate response to audits and legal inquiries with immediately retrievable archives.
4.3. Consistently fulfill local and industry-specific data retention mandates.
4.4. Reduce storage costs and vulnerability by timely archiving or deleting non-essential records.
4.5. Strengthen long-term venue reputation by demonstrating robust, automated compliance processes.