e-Discovery Doesn’t Have to Be Scary

By Melody Smith|December 31st, 2014|indexing, metadata, search, Taxonomy, Term lists|Comments Off

The word ‘discovery’ causes anxiety in some, and the term “e-discovery” is even scarier to some. Somehow, despite the fact that we use technology on a daily basis, there is still resistance to incorporating digital evidence into a case. This interesting information came from Mondaq in their article, “E-Discovery Doesn’t Have To Be A Dirty Word.”

Some of that anxiety is based on an illusive definition of e-discovery. E-discovery is actually a general term used to describe two separate, yet related, activities involving electronically stored information. One is the collection of said information through digital forensics to preserve the integrity and admissibility of the evidence. The other is the production and review during the course of a case. Now, that wasn’t so scary.

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Melody K. Smith

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About the Author: Melody Smith

Melody K. Smith has provided organizational, social media and digital communication services to a large non-profit for the past twenty years. Prior to that she championed employee engagement and communications in the healthcare field. She holds a Bachelors degree in Marketing. When not wrangling and writing TaxoDiary content for your reading pleasure, Melody writes fiction, rescues dogs and throws legendary dinner parties.

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e-Discovery Doesn’t Have to Be Scary