Tom O’Connor & I had a fun discussion on his eDiscovery Channel, discussing collecting hyperlinked documents in Gmail with Arman Gungor!

Arman is a senior digital forensic examiner, software developer, and expert witness. He is the CEO of Metaspike where he oversees the development of cloud forensics tools and the director of forensics at Meridian Discovery where he focuses on forensic evidence preservation and digital forensics investigations.

In our interview, Tom and I discussed the ins and outs of collecting hyperlinked documents in Gmail, including current challenges, the type of data that can be collected (including revision information about the documents in most cases, which corrected a misconception on my part!), how Google work product document types (e.g., Docs, Sheets, Slides, etc.) must be converted during collection as they are web-based formats, the differences between collection from Google Drive and Google Vault and more!

If you are looking to better understand how collection of ESI from Google Drive ad Google Vault can be conducted – especially regarding hyperlinked documents – check out our fun and informative discussion with Arman Gungor here or below via the eDiscovery Channel! And look for a follow-up post from me soon with more details about the key points we discussed!

So, what do you think? Has your organization tried to collect hyperlinked documents from Google Suite? Please share any comments you might have or if you’d like to know more about a particular topic.

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