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Personal anecdote - I can confirm this as one recently deposed in a corporate lawsuit that I'm not even a party to. Email systems are awash with information tha
by brightsize 10y ago
Personal anecdote - I can confirm this as one recently deposed in a corporate lawsuit that I'm not even a party to. Email systems are awash with information that most people would never have expected to become public. You see all kinds of stuff in emails by employees: office gossip, embarrassing comments, foul language, snark about fellow employees and competitors and the company, non-work-related comms .... all of it subject to being twisted by opposition lawyers to try to bolster their case and which can end up verbatim in front of the eyes of a jury.
- greedo 10y agoAnd chat logs if your chat is company hosted...
- redbeard0x0a 10y agoEven Slack has the capability to hold on to your messages (as required by some certifications) and be retrieved during discovery. If it is a service that is paid for by the company, then it is most likely a trove of data that is discoverable...