What Is Electronic Information, and Why Should You Care? - Electronically Stored Information - page 54

Finally,.how.something.happened.and.to.or.by.whom.is.
quite.often.a.question.that.will.be.answered.by.documenta-
tion,.a.photo,.video.evidence,.and.so.forth..As.long.as.there.
is.the.ability.to.prove.the.integrity.of.the.data,.the.electronic.
evidence.is.likely.to.be.of.immense.value.and.importance.to.
proving.or.disproving.the.assertions.of.the.parties.in.a.case.
We.are.now.seeing.more.and.more.research.on.ways.to.
verify.that.electronic.evidence.has.not.been.tampered.with..
In.a.report.in.an.article.from.Duke.University's. Duke.Today.
called.“Was.This.Web.Photo.Altered?—New.software.for.the.
Android.phone.tracks.editing.of.images,.then.authenticates.
web.postings,” * .an.application.called.YouProve.is.discussed..
With.this.application.loaded.into.a.device.any.changes.made.
to.an.original.are.tracked.and.can.be.revealed.later.
This. issue. of. integrity. is. so. important. that. we. can. look.
forward.to.much.more.research.and.many.more.applications.
to.address.it.in.the.future.
Let's.consider.a.couple.of.examples.of.this.concept.
Think. about. an. injury. case. being. brought. by. a. plaintiff.
who.hurt.himself.when.an.elevator.door.closed.on.his.leg.
The. organization. to. which. the. elevator. belonged. might.
have.video.of.the.incident..There.might.be.witnesses.both.for.
and.against.the.claim.who.were.in.the.elevator.at.the.time.or.
right.outside..Any.of.them.might.have.pictures.or.video.of.the.
incident. that. they. took. with. their. cell. phones.. The. elevator.
maintenance. company. might. have. maintenance. records. or.
incident. records.. Any. responding. emergency. organizations.
would.have.records.as.will.the.plaintiff.if.he.or.she.had.any.
resultant.medical.procedures..All.of.these.records.would.very.
likely. be. considered. relevant. and. producible. as. evidence. in.
court.to.try.to.establish.what.happened,.when,.and.to.whom.
If.the.integrity.of.any.of.those.records.can.be.proven.or.
disproven.by.virtue.of.corroborating.evidence,.technology,.or.
*. Duke.Today ,.Ashley.Yeager,.Was.This.Web.Photo.Altered,.November.3,.2011:.
http://today.duke.edu/2011/11/youprove..Retrieved.2011-04-11.