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GOOGLEVAULT · A GUIDE FOR UK LAWYERS Google Vault in Litigation Capabilities, Limits and the Boundary with Independent Forensic Collection COMPUTER FORENSICS LAB

§ ABOUT THE AUTHOR PREPARED BY COMPUTER FORENSICS LAB E-DISCOVERY TEAM INDEPENDENT VERIFICATION CPR PART 35 EXPERT REPORT S FULL CHAIN-OF-CUSTODY DOCUMENTATION

§ CONTENTS In this guide 01 Executive summary 02 The problem in plain English: the excellent tool and the quiet narrowing 03 What Vault does well: holds, retention, search, export 04 Where Vault stops: reach, fidelity and the o per at or 05 The three questions: trust, structures, downstream 06 Hybrid patterns: Vault plus independence 07 Vault in correspondence: what to ask and what to offer 08 Source architecture: where else the evidence lives 09 Worked examples 10 Common mistakes and technical limitations 11 Questions to ask · Suggested wording 12 Checklist and red flags · When to involve a digital forensic expert 13 Frequently asked questions 14 Glossary · References · Disclaimer · How a specialist laboratory can assist

§ 01 · ORIENTATION Executive summary THE HEADLINE POINT: VAULTISTHEESTATE ' SPRESERVATIONBACKBONEANDA BOUNDEDCOLLECTOR: KNOWWHICHJOBYOUAREGIVINGIT

§ 02 · FIRST PRINCIPLES The problem in plain English: the excellent tool and the quiet narrowing

§ 03 · THESTRENGTHS What Vault does well: holds, retention, search, export