Your Confidential Info Really Isn't

How would you like all of your confidential emails read by nosey third parties, judges, juries and opposing counsels? If you become involved in litigation these days, the odds are that the other side will hire a computer forensic expert to search the hard drives of your company’s computers for information which will assist in prosecuting their case. Yes, this is the new tactic in litigation and is causing some major heartburn for the unwary business executive.

93% of all business information is created and stored on computers and at least 50-75% of it is never even printed. Recognizing this fact, litigation attorneys are quick to demand access to your computers in the event litigation arises. So often, a case is now won or lost based upon what someone believed to be a “confidential” email sent without much thought of it some day being read by a jury in an open courtroom...