e-Discovery; Process of Collecting and Exchanging Electronically Stored Information
e-Discovery is the process of searching, searching, locating, and securing electronic data to be used as evidence in civil or criminal legal cases. e-Discovery performs its operation both online and offline. It can be done in a network or can be carried out offline on a particular computer. Moreover, e-Discovery helps in the creation of laws for effective use and maintenance of resources available to employees, reduce maintenance and hardware costs, and improve overall operational efficiency of the organization.
e-discovery refers to retrieval of information in legal
proceedings including litigation, government investigations, and Freedom of
Information Act requests where the data sought is in digital form. e-discovery
allows a user to obtain records or other information as a result of a legal
request under the Freedom of Information Act. It can take place through email
or other online means, and may be a source of discovery for both parties. There
are a variety of different types of e-discovery, and the rules governing each
may vary slightly from case to case.
Discovery is generally defined as a procedure in which a
party requesting information submits a request and waits for the other party to
respond to that request, with the expectation that eventually that information
will be produced. Discovery is intended to provide knowledge and guidance about
a legal case that would otherwise not be available to the parties if the case
were to be before a traditional court. In some instances, parties use
pre-litigation e-discovery to obtain relatively trivial information that will
be helpful in the preparation of their case.
The more standard types of e-discovery include access to email,
CAD/CAM files, instant messaging chats, maintenance of online files, faxing,
communications through networks such as e-mails and Internet video, and
computer storage of data. With, growing number of litigations worldwide, the
demand for e-discovery is also increasing. For instance, in May 2020,
Relativity, e-discovery provider, planned to open new data centers in
Switzerland and Germany in the third quarter of 2020. The company also planned
to increase support for its Relativity Trace and RelativityOne products in
Africa, Europe, and the Middle East.
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