When Deleted Does Not Mean Gone: Preservation Risks in Cloud and Ephemeral Messaging Systems
For counsel and investigations professionals, the phrase “the account was deleted” does not necessarily answer the evidentiary question. Content may have moved from a user-facing system into a deletion queue, recycle bin, versioned object store, backup or another system. Conversely, a platform may have permanently purged content, or an encrypted messaging service may never have […]
