Planning for content searches and eDiscovery
The first step is to consider the reasons that your organization needs to respond to a legal case and who is involved. Examples of those who may need to be involved in a case include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Executives
- Employees
- Legal teams
- Compliance managers
- Data protection officers
- IT teams
Note that the preceding examples would by no means have the same roles within the case. Executives and employees, for instance, will more likely be the subject of the case, while the other examples may be part of the teams responsible for conducting the investigation. This does not mean that this is a clandestine process. In most cases, the subjects of investigations will be notified that their email, documents, and collaboration activity are subject to being placed on hold, meaning that their content must be retained for the duration of the investigation. An example of such a notification is the communication...
