Electronic discovery (eDiscovery)—and consequently, data collection—used to be primarily about email. Now, data comes in all different types and formats. Nor is data exclusively found on local computers or in-house servers; instead, it’s in the cloud or on a laptop that may not even belong to the organization, raising new concerns about data privacy. Organizations still need data collection methods that are effective and legally defensible, but they also need to narrow the universe of ever-expanding data into a manageable volume that they can afford to review to gain rapid insights into both litigation and investigations.
