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PERSONALEMAILACCOUNTS · A GUIDE FOR UK LAWYERS Personal Email Accounts in Disclosure Gmail, Hotmail and the Business That Left the Building COMPUTER FORENSICS LAB

§ ABOUT THE AUTHOR PREPARED BY COMPUTER FORENSICS LAB E-DISCOVERY TEAM ESTABLISHED 2007 · LONDON ISO 17025-ALIGNED PROCEDURES WEBMAIL & PERSONAL-ACCOUNT COLLECTION SELF-COLLECTION 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 account the company cannot open 03 Control and disclosability of personal accounts 04 Collection routes: from self-collection to examiner protocols 05 Verifying completeness: the forensic periphery 06 Deliberate off-books channels: conduct and consequences 07 Privacy, mixed content and the account holder's rights 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: THEBUSINESSCONTENTOFAPERSONALACCOUNTISUSUALLY DISCLOSABLE, THEACCOUNTHOLDERUSUALLYCOLLECTSIT, AND THE FORENSIC PERIPHERYCHECKSTHEIRWORK

§ 02 · FIRST PRINCIPLES The problem in plain English: the account the company cannot open

§ 03 · THEDUTY Control and disclosability of personal accounts