The EDRM preservation stage is one of the most discussed EDRM phases and possibly the most important as Cloudficient discusses here.
In this article by Holly Wilkins titled (wait for it!) An Overview of the EDRM Preservation Stage (available here), she discusses how, during the EDRM preservation phase, the third phase of EDRM, organizations issue legal holds to suspend routine deletion practices and inform relevant personnel about the need to preserve specific data. Preservation covers a wide array of data types, including emails, documents, databases, and even social media interactions.
If you’re an eDiscovery professional, you already know that. What you may not know is all the challenges your organization faces during the EDRM presentation phase, including the vast amounts of data generated in your organization across various platforms, making it difficult to identify and preserve all relevant information due to data volume and complexity. Other challenges include potential employee non-compliance and legal ambiguities. Nonetheless, the stakes are high – failure to properly preserve key data can doom your case before it ever gets started!
So, what are some best practices for effective eDiscovery preservation? And what are legal and ethical considerations that you need to know? Find out here, it’s only one click! Don’t fail to preserve this important data source! 😉 And check out Holly’s discussion of the Identification phase here!
So, what do you think? How does your organization handle preservation in discovery? Please share any comments you might have or if you’d like to know more about a particular topic.
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