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RCRui · Compliance, multinational
Explainable retention

Retention you can defend to a regulator — automatically.

Rui juggles overlapping retention laws across jurisdictions in spreadsheets. One wrong rule and the company over-keeps or destroys too early. He needs the right rule applied — and explained.

The reality today

Overlapping laws, applied by hand

Conflicting rules

EU, US, and UK retention periods collide on the same record type.

Manual schedules

Spreadsheets and tribal knowledge are audit-fragile and easy to get wrong.

No explanation

When asked why a record was kept or disposed, there’s no defensible reasoning on file.

How the system works

The strictest matching rule wins — and shows its work

Invoice_2026_Q1.pdftype: tax · US, EUMatchjurisdictionalEU VAT Dir. §244Retain 10ystrictest — appliedUS IRC §60017yalso matchedlitigationLegal holdwould override
See it in the product

The effective policy, with the reasoning shown

Lifecycle policy

Retention that explains itself

Point at any document and Fileport applies the correct rule from a world of overlapping laws — here the EU VAT Directive's 10-year rule wins over the US 7-year rule, the dispose-after date is computed, and a legal hold would override everything. The reasoning is shown on screen, not buried in a spreadsheet.

Fileport product — Retention that explains itself
What happens, step by step

From problem to proof

1

Classify the record

Record type and applicable jurisdictions are detected on ingest.

2

Match every rule

All applicable retention rules across jurisdictions are evaluated.

3

Apply the strictest

The longest required retention wins; the dispose-after date is computed.

4

Show the reasoning

The governing rule and the overridden ones are displayed — and a legal hold trumps all.

Why it lands

What Rui can defend

Automatic
strictest-rule-wins
Explained
not a black box
Hold-aware
legal hold overrides
FAQ

Common questions

How are conflicts resolved?

The strictest matching rule is applied automatically, and the reasoning — including the rules that lost — is shown.

What about legal holds?

A legal hold overrides retention and blocks disposition until released.

Can we see why a record was kept?

Yes. The effective policy and governing rule are recorded and displayed per document.

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