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Litigation and Discovery

What Is Data Collection in eDiscovery?

Gathering potentially relevant ESI from email systems, devices, cloud apps and other sources in a way that preserves its integrity and metadata.

Legal Tech GlossaryBy The Circle Desk

Why It Matters

Defensible collection is the foundation of everything after it. Remote and targeted collection tools have reduced the need to image whole devices, which lowers cost and limits how much unrelated personal data is swept up.

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Related Terms

ESI (electronically stored information)
Any information created, stored or used in digital form that may be relevant in litigation: email, documents, chat messages, databases, audio, video and more.
Processing (eDiscovery)
Converting collected data into a reviewable form: extracting text and metadata, removing duplicates, expanding containers and indexing for search.
Legal hold
An instruction to preserve information that may be relevant to a reasonably anticipated or pending legal matter, suspending normal deletion.

General information, not legal advice. Part of the Legal Tech Glossary, 173 terms in plain English.