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question. as.well..Have.you.checked. with. your. legal.depart-
ment.or.outside.counsel.to.see.if.it.would.be.legal.for.you.to.
use.those.video.iles.as.evidence.to.capture.the.apple.thief?
On.the.practical.side,.do.you.know.if.the.video.from.those.
cameras.is.being.stored.at.all,.or.for.how.long?.Let's.assume.
you. answered. in. the. afirmative. so. far.. You. know. the. staff.
lead. for. the. security. guards;. you. know. from. checking. with.
her.that.the.cameras.store.up.to.2.days.of.data.before.they.
overwrite.the.hard.drives.they.are.storing.information.on;.you.
checked.with.legal.counsel,.and.their.opinion.is.that.you.can.
use.this.information.as.evidence.
The. next. part. is. the. interesting. part.. Now. you. need. to.
have.the.time.and.tools.to.preserve.that.evidence.in.a.forensi-
cally.sound.manner.(again,.we.talk.a.lot.more.about.that.later),.
review.it.carefully.and.completely,.document.everything.that.
was. done,. and. produce. it. as. evidence. to. whoever. will. take.
action..That.might.be.the.apple.police,.the.human.resources.
department,.or.maybe.your.attorney.
As.trivial.as.this.example.might.seem,.it.is.a.good.way.to.
begin.to.recognize.all.of.the.parts.of.the.puzzle.you.need.to.
think. about. when. considering. the. existence. of. this. type. of.
digital.information.
As.a.business.owner.or.even.just.a.manager,.you.will.abso-
lutely.want.to.have.thought.about.these.things.ahead.of.time.
in. order. to. be. sure. you. have. a. way. to. deal. with. them. as.
needed..If.you.are.an.IT.staff.person,.you.may.well.have.the.
responsibility.of.assisting.your.management,.human.resources.
staff,. attorneys,. or. even. law. enforcement. in. the. acquisition.
and. preservation. of. this. data.. And. inally,. as. a. citizen,. it. is.
important.to.realize.that.digital.video.data.are.being.collected.
on.you.nearly.everywhere.you.go.these.days..For.the.most.
part.that.is.benign,.and.unless.you.are.criminally.inclined.it.
is.unlikely.that.you.will.ever.have.reason.to.access.that.data..
Yet.there.may.be.good.reasons.you.might.need.to.do.so..You.
might. ind. yourself. in. a. legal. dispute. in. which. digital. video.
evidence.is.important..Or.you.might.simply.have.a.reason.to.
want.to.know.what.is.recorded.on.video.equipment.that.you.
