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The average company spends between $100,000 and $1,000,000 in total ramifications per year for data loss. (Source: 7th Annual ICSA Lab's Virus Prevalence Survey, March 2002)
Electronic Discovery (or E-Discovery) refers to any process in which electronic data is sought, located, secured, and searched with the intent of using it as evidence in a civil or criminal legal case. Electronic Discovery can be carried out offline on a particular computer or it can be done across a network.
Various types of data may be considered as critical evidence in a case. These types of data include:
- e-mail
- plain text and documents
- images
- calendar files
- databases
- spreadsheets
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- digital faxes
- audio files
- animation
- websites
- computer applications
- viruses and spyware
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With the increased usage and dependence on the Internet - for corporate and individual communication - e-mail is a valuable source of evidence.
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