Not
every
case
turns
on
some
damning,
against
interest
post
an
adversary
dropped
on
a
Reddit
board.
Or,
worse,
that
the
client’s
CEO
placed
there.
But
some
matters
will
and
it’s
increasingly
critical
to
have
a
comprehensive
plan
to
scour
web
footprints
of
key
individuals.
And
to
make
sure
that
data
is
retained.
While
there’s
undoubtedly
a
junior
attorney
or
paralegal
out
there
hunting
and
pecking
and
screenshotting
their
way
through
Facebook,
there
are
much
better
methods
to
gather
—
and
more
importantly,
authenticate
—
someone’s
web
data.
Page
Vault
provides
a
software
solution
designed
specifically
for
legal
professionals
to
collect
and
preserve
web
content
easily.
Page
Vault’s
primary
customers
are
law
firms,
with
around
125
of
the
Am
Law
200
firms
using
the
software
to
automate
the
collection
of
online
content.
There’s
no
need
to
manually
capture
full
social
media
profiles
or
scroll
through
websites
for
relevant
posts
or
comments.
Page
Vault
can
gather
a
complete
Facebook,
Instagram,
or
TikTok
profile
—
with
all
comments,
pictures,
and
videos
—
as
well
as
searching
full
websites
(up
to
thousands
of
URLs),
Wayback
Machine,
marketplace
activity,
and
video
platforms.
And
the
results
are
not
limited
to
basic
screenshots,
with
Page
Vault
offering
the
content
in
multiple
formats
such
as
PDFs
or
HTML.
Which
can
then
be
loaded
into
eDiscovery
platforms
for
further
analysis.
Each
collection
includes
crucial
metadata
—
capture
date,
URL,
post
timestamps,
etc.
—
and
a
SHA256
hash
value,
a
critical
feature
for
ensuring
that
the
data’s
integrity
remains
intact
for
legal
admissibility.
Page
Vault
also
boasts
built-in
compliance
with
Federal
Rules
of
Evidence
902(13),
allowing
Page
Vault
to
provide
a
certification
authenticating
the
captured
content.
By
taking
the
user
out
of
the
chain
of
custody,
Page
Vault
provides
a
valuable
tool
for
maintaining
the
integrity
of
this
collected
content.
The
legal
tech
world
may
be
saturated
with
generative
AI
conversations,
but
as
I
attend
these
conferences,
the
big
—
non-AI
—
issue
that
keeps
coming
up
is
developing
more
and
more
robust
and
efficient
methods
of
gathering
data.
Whether
it’s
phones
or
an
individual’s
web
footprint,
“getting
data”
is
a
problem
everyone
still
has
that
AI
isn’t
going
to
fix.
And,
sure,
you’re
going
to
lose
the
billable
hour
of
whichever
junior
you’d
sent
off
to
make
screenshots,
but
Page
Vault
seems
like
a
much
better
option
in
the
long
run.
Joe
Patrice is
a
senior
editor
at
Above
the
Law
and
co-host
of
Thinking
Like
A
Lawyer.
Feel
free
to email
any
tips,
questions,
or
comments.
Follow
him
on Twitter or
Bluesky
if
you’re
interested
in
law,
politics,
and
a
healthy
dose
of
college
sports
news.
Joe
also
serves
as
a
Managing
Director
at
RPN
Executive
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