The eDiscovery process can be broken down into several stages:
Identification: Locating potential sources of relevant emails and other digital communications. Preservation: Ensuring that identified data is protected from alteration or deletion. Collection: Gathering the preserved data for further analysis. Processing: Reducing the volume of collected data and converting it into a format suitable for review. Review: Examining the processed data to identify relevant information. Production: Delivering the relevant data to the requesting party in a usable format.