Interesting article in the New York Times about the modern use of cell phones.  Well, it’s not so much that they’re phones, but more that they’re devices for sending and receiving data.  Increasingly, people are using their cell phones in a manner we have typically associated with computers – checking Twitter, Facebook, email, etc. Those who work on the collection side of the ediscovery realm need to come up with a way to collect this data and present it so that it can be either manually reviewed or loaded into a document review platform.

This is a bit of a new challenge – while most companies think about the challenge of culling large data sets (email archives, for example), a new emphasis will also need to be placed on the collection of small amounts of data from disperate and uncontrollable environments.  Company XYZ may be able to cull and produce responsive documents within their possession, but who is responsible for the collection of relevant information that may be posted to Facebook?  What if that information is set to “private” – is it discoverable, and how do you go about collecting it?

Just some ediscovery food for thought…

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