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OPINION: The SEC wants firms to understand they have to sort out recordkeeping compliance for texts and mobile apps, says Global Relay’s Executive VP Chip Jones.

In mid-November, the SEC released its 2022 fiscal year enforcement results and statistics. Unsurprisingly, 2022 was a record year from a money ordered perspective, totaling $6.4bn.

Of that total, $4.2bn was in penalties, which was almost four times the amount for any of the past five years. What does it mean? In

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