HarmCheck | FAQs
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FAQs

What is HarmCheck?

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HarmCheck is an AI-powered communication governance and compliance platform that prevents harmful, unlawful, and high-risk language, including Fair Lending and anti-discrimination risks, before it is sent, and also identifies harmful language across massive legal data sets in eDiscovery. It operates across email, chat, documents, and enterprise systems to detect legal, regulatory, and policy violations in real time and at scale.

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HarmCheck is designed for regulated industries and high-risk environments where digital communication can trigger enforcement actions, civil litigation, financial penalties, or reputational harm, and where large-scale legal review and defensible discovery are critical.

 

 

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What regulations does HarmCheck help organizations comply with?

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HarmCheck is designed to support communication compliance programs aligned to the following regulatory and legal frameworks:

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  • Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) communication supervision and enforcement standards

  • Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) rules governing financial communications and supervision

  • Investment Advisers Act requirements for regulated financial advice and disclosures

  • Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) governance, internal controls, and corporate accountability standards

  • Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) and Fair Housing Act (FHA) fair lending and discrimination protections

  • Consumer Credit Protection Act (CCPA) requirements for consumer financial communications

  • Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and EEOC workplace discrimination and retaliation standards​

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HarmCheck maps its AI classifiers and reporting framework to these regulatory domains to help organizations demonstrate proactive, defensible compliance controls.

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Is HarmCheck certified for enterprise security and compliance?

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Yes. HarmCheck is SOC 2 Type II certified, demonstrating independently audited controls for:

 

  • Security

  • Availability

  • Confidentiality

  • Processing integrity

  • Privacy

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This certification supports enterprise, financial, healthcare, and legal buyers who require formal assurance of system and data protection practices.

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How does HarmCheck differ from traditional compliance monitoring tools?

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Traditional tools rely on keyword filtering or post-incident surveillance. HarmCheck uses human-trained, contextual AI classifiers that evaluate meaning, intent, and regulatory relevance, not just words.

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This allows HarmCheck to detect subtle risks such as:

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  • Indirect or coded discriminatory language

  • Implied insider trading signals

  • Retaliation and coercion phrased as neutral language

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Does HarmCheck provide defensible audit trails?

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Yes. HarmCheck generates structured, regulator-ready audit records that include:

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  • Risk category classification mapped to regulatory frameworks

  • Timestamped detection and resolution actions

  • Policy versioning and governance controls

  • Department and regional reporting

  • Exportable reports for regulators, auditors, and legal teams

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These records support examinations by regulators, external auditors, and legal discovery processes.

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How does HarmCheck support eDiscovery and legal holds?

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HarmCheck integrates with legal review platforms and enterprise storage systems to:

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  • Flag high-risk documents before formal discovery

  • Reduce legal review volume, saving thousands of hours of manual review and outside counsel costs

  • Categorize documents by litigation risk type

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Does HarmCheck work with AI-generated communications and copilots?

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Yes. HarmCheck analyzes both human-authored and AI-generated content, including output from internal copilots and generative AI tools, using 40+ contextual risk and harm categories to evaluate meaning, intent, and regulatory exposure.

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It detects risks such as:

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  • Policy and regulatory violations in machine-generated text

  • Indirect or coded discriminatory language

  • Harassment, threats, and abusive content

  • Insider trading signals and market manipulation language

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What industries does HarmCheck work with?

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HarmCheck is designed for regulated and high-risk industries where communication can trigger legal, regulatory, or financial consequences, including:

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  • Financial Services and Banking (Fair Lending, ECOA, SEC, FINRA, and consumer protection compliance)

  • Legal and eDiscovery (large-scale document review, investigations, and litigation support)

  • Insurance (claims, underwriting, and regulatory communications)

  • Healthcare and Life Sciences (regulated communications and patient data governance)

  • Human Resources and Employment (harassment, discrimination, and retaliation risk)

  • Public Sector and Regulated Enterprises (policy enforcement and regulatory oversight)

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What platforms and systems does HarmCheck work with?

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HarmCheck is available across enterprise communication, legal review, and system integrations, including:

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