Data preservation in investigations: top tips

Data preservation, collection and review processes can be costly, time-consuming, and painstaking (if not at times painful) for a company undertaking an investigation. The requirements of various government agencies and data protection/privacy laws are often overlapping, competing and contradictory. In this article we set out some positive practical steps that can be taken to prepare for data exercises and get them right, and in doing so minimise business disruption and cost while gaining credit with government agencies.