Systems and methods for storing data in multiple stages

A system for storing data in multiple stages, the system comprising:

• an establishment module, stored in memory, that establishes an initial storage period for regulatory compliance and a subsequent storage period for business reference, the initial storage period expiring at a point defined at least in part by government regulations;
• a regulatory storage module, stored in memory, that stores an email formatted in the multipurpose internet mail extensions format during the initial storage period for regulatory compliance;
• a stripping module, stored in memory, that, upon expiration of the initial storage period at the point defined at least in part by government regulations, strips a hypertext markup language layer from the email formatted in the multipurpose internet mail extensions format while preserving a plain text layer in the email formatted in the multipurpose internet mail extensions format;
• a business storage module, stored in memory, that stores the stripped email formatted in the multipurpose internet mail extensions format during the subsequent storage period for business reference in place of a previous version of the email formatted in the multipurpose internet mail extensions format such that storage space for storing the email is reduced;
• at least one physical processor that executes the establishment module, the regulatory storage module, the stripping module, and the business storage module.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising one or more computer-executable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a computing device, cause the computing device to:

• establish an initial storage period for regulatory compliance and a subsequent storage period for business reference, the initial storage period expiring at a point defined at least in part by government regulations;
• store an email formatted in the multipurpose internet mail extensions format during the initial storage period for regulatory compliance;
• upon expiration of the initial storage period at the point defined at least in part by government regulations, strip a hypertext markup language layer from the email formatted in the multipurpose internet mail extensions format while preserving a plain text layer in the email formatted in the multipurpose internet mail extensions format;
• store the stripped email formatted in the multipurpose internet mail extensions format during the subsequent storage period for business reference in place of a previous version of the email formatted in the multipurpose internet mail extensions format such that storage space for storing the email is reduced.