Evidence collection and preservation procedure
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For evidence requestors, custodians and legal, privacy or forensic specialists to collect and preserve records without overstating provenance, completeness or admissibility.
- Document type
- Procedure
- Format
- DOCX
- Pages
- 9
- Language
- English
- Version
- 1.0
- Updated
- 2026-09-15
- Category
- Information security
- Licence
- Internal use
Description
For evidence requestors, custodians and legal, privacy or forensic specialists to collect and preserve records without overstating provenance, completeness or admissibility.
Contents
- Document control
- Purpose of this procedure
- Define the evidence question
- Match the source to the claim and period
- Select the acquisition and preservation method
- Confirm authority and service boundaries
- Acquire native material with query context
- Set the collection order for volatile material
- Separate original, working, and disclosure copies
- Use hashes and custody records within their limits
- Assess evidence quality
- Record absence and contradiction
- Prepare the minimum useful disclosure copy
- Set the item's post-case lifecycle
- Recover from broken provenance
- Rehearse routine and volatile collection
Version history
- v1.015/09/2026