Comments on: Case report – Full access to hard drives ordered http://danmichaluk.wordpress.com/2007/09/13/case-report-full-access-to-hard-drives-ordered/ A legal blog about the law of information - By Toronto, Ontario lawyer Dan Michaluk Fri, 01 Jan 2010 02:57:28 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Peg Duncan http://danmichaluk.wordpress.com/2007/09/13/case-report-full-access-to-hard-drives-ordered/#comment-16 Peg Duncan Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:01:23 +0000 http://danmichaluk.wordpress.com/2007/09/13/case-report-full-access-to-hard-drives-ordered/#comment-16 Three things concern me about this decision: - the defendants had applied to have the AP order set aside - not yet heard - privacy. A better remedy would have been to have a neutral third party work with the forensic team to extract and review the relevant information. In this case, personal information is being handed directly to the opponents. Given that people use computers to access bank records, manage their investment portfolios, and browse websites of personal interest, it is not the same as handing over the office file cabinet. - the idea that two high tech firms have forensic IT experience is not well founded. Forensic IT and related electronic discovery requirements for preservation require training and experience not normally associated with aeronautical engineering software Three things concern me about this decision:
- the defendants had applied to have the AP order set aside – not yet heard
- privacy. A better remedy would have been to have a neutral third party work with the forensic team to extract and review the relevant information. In this case, personal information is being handed directly to the opponents. Given that people use computers to access bank records, manage their investment portfolios, and browse websites of personal interest, it is not the same as handing over the office file cabinet.
- the idea that two high tech firms have forensic IT experience is not well founded. Forensic IT and related electronic discovery requirements for preservation require training and experience not normally associated with aeronautical engineering software

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