Sean Stapleton

Sean is a Digital Marketing Executive at MirrorWeb. He joined the team in 2021, and is responsible for PR, social media, and content development. Outside of work, Sean likes writing poems, going to music festivals, and keeping fit with a spot of five-a-side football.

Blog Posts

FCA Consumer Duty: A Work in Progress

The Consumer Duty came into action over a year ago. We assess its impact so far.

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Connector Spotlight: Vimeo

We're now able to capture Vimeo content through MirrorWeb Insight. Read on for more details!

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The Generative Generation - AI, Chatbots and Financial Compliance

AI tools have undoubtedly transformed modern working practice across most industries. What does this mean for financial regulators?

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MirrorWeb and Smartria Announce Partnership for Best-in-Class Compliance Solutions

We’re excited to announce our partnership with Smartria, a leading provider of regulatory compliance software!

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Connector Spotlight: Facebook for Business

We're ready to share our enhanced Facebook for Business capabilities!

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Connector Spotlight: Instagram for Business

We're ready to share our enhanced Instagram for Business capabilities!

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2024 So Far: Recordkeeping Revamps and Regulatory Rigor

An analysis of the intense regulatory activity we have seen so far from the SEC, FINRA and the FCA.

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Whatsapp Compliance, Self-Reporting, and Ripping off the Band-Aid

The SEC has incentivized firms to self-report on off-channel violations. We look into the process and its benefits.

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FINRA Report 2024: Recordkeeping Takeaways

Key recordkeeping teakeaways from the 2024 FINRA Annual Regulatory Oversight Report.

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How MirrorWeb Evolves with Demand

Adaptability is vital in the world of communications surveillance. This blog looks at MirrorWeb’s journey as a company, and why it's helped us be agile and reactive to a challenging regulatory landscape.

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Gurbir Grewal and 'A Culture of Proactive Compliance'

Is the SEC Director of Enforcement's vision achievable?

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How RegTech Platforms Can Adapt to the Modern Working World

Many of the current generation of communications surveillance platforms were built 20 years ago. How can compliance tools keep up with the world they were built to regulate?

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Introducing Archive Compare

Next in our MirrorWeb Insight Feature Spotlight series, we'll take you through Archive Compare.

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MirrorWeb Modifies Crawling Process to Reduce Carbon footprint

A closer look at the changes MirrorWeb has made to its web crawling processes to improve energy efficiency.

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Communications Surveillance: A Company-wide Consideration

Outside of compliance teams, how does communications surveillance impact other critical roles within an organization?

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Feature Spotlight: Privileged and Marketing Addresses

We're ready to share the second in our MirrorWeb Insight Feature Spotlight series! This time, we'll take you though Privileged and Marketing Addresses.

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MirrorWeb launches new ‘Insight’ platform 

MirrorWeb today launches our new communications archiving platform, ‘Insight’, to definitively tackle the digital record-keeping requirements of the modern workplace.

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What does ChatGPT mean for digital archiving?

With the emergence of ChatGPT, the digital landscape has again shifted dramatically. But what are the implications of this breakthrough, and how will it impact data archiving?

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2023 Data Archiving Trends

A look at the factors shaping digital archiving in 2023, and where it is heading.

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Financial Services’ Inconvenient Need for WhatsApp Archiving

The financial services sector has recently been hit with huge fines over the widespread use of apps like WhatsApp. How did we get to this stage, and what options do firms now have to avoid these penalties?

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A Guide to Website Archiving 2023

We look at some of the specific challenges around website archiving in three different sectors - financial services, the public sector and brands - and how the MirrorWeb solution can help.

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The FCA's New Consumer Duty: The Role of Data Archiving

The FCA's new Consumer Duty comes into force in 2023, and the deadline for businesses’ implementation plans was October 31st 2022. Read on to find out what steps you can take to ensure you’re compliant.

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RegTech: Three Increasingly Regulated Industries

The regulatory technology (RegTech) sector is now growing at a pace of 19.5% annually. We take a look at three other industries (besides financial services) which are becoming increasingly regulated as time passes.

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The SEC's New Marketing Rule: How to Stay Compliant And Avoid Big Fines

The SEC's new Marketing Rule comes into force in November. How can your firm stay compliant and avoid big fines? Read on for all the details.

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Shape Up - A Product Development Methodology

An interview with MirrorWeb's SVPs of Product and Engineering, evaluating the team's new way of working.

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Popular Backup Software

Popular backup software is used to preserve critical organizational data for later reference or restoration in the event of data corruption.

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How to Archive Text Messages on Android Phones

Business text messages must be archived for legal reasons, and MirrorWeb can provide a value-adding solution.

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What is Chain of Custody?

Chain of Custody is a legal tool used to establish the integrity of legal evidence.

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What is a Legal Hold?

A legal hold is a legal action that requires a company to preserve certain information ahead of potential legal proceedings.

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How can Software Help You Archive Digital Communications?

Companies can use archiving software to store texts, emails, and other communications, to remain compliant and minimise liability.

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SEC and FINRA Email Archiving Policy

Financial services companies must archive emails to remain compliant with SEC and FINRA rules.

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Best Practices for Email Archiving

Email archiving can help keep a company compliant and minimise liability, but only if it is done properly.

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How to select and use an SMS archiving solution

Organizations need an SMS archive for more than just compliance. MirrorWeb can help.

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What is Cloud Archiving software?

Cloud archiving software enables the effective long-term storage and retrieval of data.

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Is Your Company Compliant with the SEC's Email Retention Policy?

Email archiving has become an essential business function in the financial services industry.

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Social Media eDiscovery tools help companies remain compliant and reduce liability

Social Media eDiscovery tools are essential for many businesses to stay out of legal trouble.

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An Email Archive Can Help Maintain Compliance With European Privacy Regulations

The European GDPR regulation calls for organisations to secure private data of European citizens, including information found in emails.

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Protect your business from Google's page title changes for better site archiving

Understand and address the risks from Google rewriting your business's title tags.

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