Organizations use eDiscovery for many purposes. One is for litigation, when you need to gather information or evidence for a legal case. People also use eDiscovery for internal investigations, such as employee misconduct or another matter where you need content to understand what happened. You might need to understand the scope and impact of data leaks, such as when someone shares a confidential document accidentally and you need to locate all the copies. Finally, another purpose is to find customer data for a data subject request or similar privacy request.
There are two versions of eDiscovery ...