Three key points from this guide include:
- At no point should any data held on the exhibit be altered by either the defence or the prosecution when being relied upon in a court of Law.
- Presuming there is potential evidence contained on a computer hard drive or media storage device (exhibit) then at all points it should be managed in a secure manner with a fully accountable evidential trail to preserve the integrity of the possible evidence.
- Evidence will only stand up to scrutiny if it has been handled in the correct way following ACPO guidelines and must be evaluated by forensic experts considered competent to do so who have the ability to explaining the relevance and the implications of their findings.
All Disklabs Experts adhere to the ACPO guidelines and are supported by a ISO accredit quality assurance process to ensure that all finding successfully stand up to the scrutiny of both the Courts and Industrial Tribunals.