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Expert Opinion
In the News
Published by Pike & Fischer, Inc., a subsidiary of The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc.
Digital Discovery
& e-Evidence
BEST PRACTICES & EVOLVING LAW
Vol. 1, No. 6 | June 2001
File Converter Authenticates e-Documents, Cuts
Discovery Costs
Evidence Exchange has developed the Secure Digital Photocopier (SDP), a process
that takes electronic files of any format and converts them to readable, searchable,
printable PDF files, while it fingerprints and digitally notarizes them so
they are secure through the entire discovery process.
The SDP can convert over 300 file types, including e-mail and attachments, business documents, presentations, photographs, calendars, schedules, forensic data and database files, according to company literature. Before archiving the original file to PDF, the SDP brands the PDF with the fingerprint of the original file using Surety, Inc.'s Digital Notary Service. The DNS is a digital time-stamping service that can detect alterations of a single bit of a file or of the timestamp associated with that file and provides proof against tampering and modification.
The SDP Service also documents the electronic data conversion methods used and provides complete chain-of-custody information that shows how the specific digital evidence has been handled during discovery. This solves the problem of authenticating digital evidence at trial, and enhances data security and reliability throughout litigation, the company says. In addition, an SDP plug-in allows for authorized users to authenticate digital files on the Web using Acrobat Business Tools. Evidence Exchange says it is the first company ever to offer to this service.
The service is designed to streamline the task of finding and producing e-mails, word processing files, spreadsheets and other electronic records that can exist throughout a company's enterprises, the company says. Test trials of the product suggest that the SDP Service will cut non-forensic computer discovery costs by at least 75 percent, it says.
Evidence Exchange is headquartered in New York City.
For more information about the company and its products, visit its Web site
at www.evidenceexchange.com.
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