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data.were.deleted,.and.in.a.manner.that.ensures.its.integrity.
in.case.it.needs.to.be.presented.in.court.
They.are.also.quite.often.a.natural.liaison.between.the.IT.
staff.and.other.parts.of.the.organization,.as.their.jobs.require.
a.full.understanding.of.the.business.environment.in.order.to.
effectively.manage.risks.around.data.assets.
All.of.the.different.people.listed.above.will.be.important.to.
your. process. of. gathering,. managing,. and. producing. elec-
tronic.evidence..Some.of.them.should.be.full-time.allies,.while.
others.may.need.to.assist.only.in.speciic.instances..However,.
if.it.is.your.job.or.your.intention.or.need.to.access.electronic.
data,.you.will.want.to.consider.who.all.of.these.people.are.in.
your.organization.or.in.the.organization.from.which.you.need.
to.acquire.data.
Taking.the.time.to.create.a.list.with.contact.information.
for.each.of.these.resources.and.keeping.it.up.to.date.will.pay.
off.in.a.big.way.for.you.and.your.organization.
4.3 OWNERSHIP OF DATA
The.next.thing.to.consider.when.looking.at.the.“who”.of.digi-
tal.data.is.the.ownership.of.that.data..In.order.to.gather.that.
data.we.need.to.understand.who.owns.the.data.and.how.to.
contact.them.
Of.course,.in.some.cases.you.are.the.owner.of.the.data.
and.thereby.have.the.control.and.access.necessary.to.acquire.
it..However,.this.is.not.always.the.case..For.instance,.think.
about. the. organizations. you. work. for. or. work. with.. There.
are. community. and. spiritual. organizations,. retail. stores.
where.you.purchase.things,.either.online.or.in.the.physical.
“brick-and-mortar”.buildings..There.are.all.the.other.virtual.
locations. that. you. access. on. the. Internet.. There. are. enter-
tainment.venues.and.restaurants.and,.of.course,.your.work-
place.(Figure 4.4).
In. all. of. those. locations. data. about. you. are. created.
and. stored. that. might. be. needed. for. the. many. reasons. we.
