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Data Privacy Day: Social media ‘private’ data is fair game for e-discovery in court

This Saturday, Jan. 28, is Data Privacy Day. Microsoft released new data from a survey of 5,000 people whose online behaviors and attitudes vary widely and how their actions impact their overall online profiles and reputations. 14% of people believe they have been negatively impacted by the online activities of others, even unintentionally so. Microsoft Trustworthy Computing made a great infographic which you can see in full here. Lawyer: Social media postings are no different from other types of communication that courts have allowed parties to obtain in discovery in civil litigation.”]

Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2221567/data-privacy-day–social-media–private–data-is-fair-game-for-e-discovery-in-court.html

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