Data Collection

The options are to collect the data yourself or have someone do it for you.

Typically an organization’s I.T. group does not have the bandwidth and resources to capture electronic stored information for litigation response, and at the same time take care of day to day business operations. Most organizations hire outside experts to collect the evidence then prep the electronic stored information so an E-Discovery service provider can process the data. We can assist with both the collection and processing of the data.

Data Processing

Now that the data is collected and it’s time to produce the data in a format the other side has requested. It can either be produced in its native format, or formatted so it can be loaded into one of the popular litigation review software tools. In order to accomplish this task you can either perform the work in house or hire an outside company to process the data.

If your organization decides to process the data in house, expensive software and hardware will be required to perform the work. Or you can hire a company with these tools, and experience place to manage the processing. If time and accuracy are of a premium then an outside vendor would likely be your best choice.

Data Retention Policies

Retention polices for paper records and electronic records are quite similar. The difference being there are more electronic records to deal with. However, defining what a business record is, and how long it should be kept can end up being a debate.

Defining a business record is different for each organization. Hence, if your organization has multiple divisions such as human resources, accounting and engineering, those divisions will have different ideas about what a business record is and how it relates to their areas of expertise.

State and Federal government regulations help define what data has to be retained and what can be discarded.

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