deleted iMessages aren’t gone

Make note of the fact that even after a text message is deleted on an iPhone it is still temporarily stored on the device. An iPhone uses a database to track texts. A text the user deletes will be checked off as such in the database. The message is removed from the device later. Deleted messages are purged as necessary to in order to free up space on the phone with older messages being removed first.

It is not unusual for a message deleted more than a year earlier to be recoverable.

Different service providers will retain messages on their servers for different periods, but usually no more than two weeks.

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Apple Watch

The data on an Apple Watch should be automatically backed up on the same iPhone the user of the Apple Watch has. When the watch is first unpaired from the smartphone, it will initially back up its data to the iPhone. A back-up of the iPhone data to iCloud will include the Apple Watch data.

The Apple Watch back-up will include app specific data (including data from Maps); general system settings; and health and fitness data.

The Apple Watch synch will not include:

1. credit card information used for Apple Pay

2. text messages

3. the passcode for the device.

2021 State of E-Discovery

Exterro has released its 2021 report on The State of E-Discovery . Here are some key findings about the direction the industry is heading in.

• 45 percent of legal departments have reported an increase in legal disputes as a result of the COVID pandemic, while only 7 percent have reported a decrease.

• 38 percent of electronic discovery professionals have taken on more responsibilities because of the pandemic.

• There has been an increase in the number of legal departments with a legal operations specialist, a 39.4% increase since 2015.

• Legal departments are using e-discovery technology to save time and money, and do more work in-house.

• 35 percent of legal departments still use ad hoc electronic discovery processes.

• 71 percent of smaller legal departments don't have an electronic discovery team.

• 56 percent of legal personnel have performed electronic discovery remotely.

• 50 percent of government agencies have processes to collect data.

• 87 percent of government agencies have increasing volumes of data.

• More than half of respondents reported having an 'immature' electronic discovery function.

• 40 percent of businesses see more disputes arising from data privacy and cybersecurity issues.