Matt Rasmussen, a legal tech innovator with over 20 years in litigation technology, shares insights on revolutionizing mobile data collection. He discusses how ModeOne's unique SaaS solution simplifies e-discovery and legal investigations while maintaining privacy. The conversation highlights the challenges of traditional methods and how ModeOne's three-step process enhances efficiency and reduces costs. Rasmussen also touches on the startup's expansion into GDPR-compliant markets and the future of data handling innovations.
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ModeOne's innovative remote data collection framework significantly reduces the time and cost of accessing mobile device data for legal purposes.
The selective approach to data collection enhances custodian privacy while broadening its applications to corporate compliance and internal investigations.
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Innovative Data Collection Framework
A unique smartphone collection framework has been developed to address significant pain points experienced with traditional data collection methods. This system allows for remote data collection, accessing mobile devices globally within an average of 90 minutes. Unlike conventional methods which often required full extractions of custodian phones, this framework can selectively target specific data such as text messages and WhatsApp conversations for defined time periods. This focus on granularity enhances efficiency while respecting custodian privacy, ensuring only relevant information is collected.
Streamlining the Collection Process
The traditional model of collecting data from smartphones involved lengthy procedures that required coordination between multiple parties over several hours. This method was often inefficient and invasive, capturing excessive personal data along with the relevant information needed for legal cases. The new framework eliminates many pre-collection steps, allowing attorneys to initiate data collection almost immediately once a custodian consent is provided. By simplifying the collection to just a few steps, a process that used to take weeks can now be completed in about 15 minutes, significantly reducing costs and disruptions for custodians.
Cost-Effective and Privacy-Focused Solutions
The innovation of remote, selective collection not only speeds up the process but also lowers costs for clients. Where traditional methods might charge upwards of $4,000 per phone for collection and processing, this framework offers comprehensive services at a much lower price point, typically around $1,500. This affordability encourages better compliance with data management practices, as it decreases the urge to over-retain data that is unnecessary for a specific legal matter. Furthermore, the system protects custodians' privacy by minimizing the information extracted to only relevant data, addressing concerns about the invasion of personal space.
Broad Applications Beyond Legal
While initially designed for legal eDiscovery, this data collection system has broader applications within corporate compliance and internal investigations. Organizations can leverage this technology for various scenarios including HR issues, corporate governance, and regulatory compliance, making it a flexible tool for multiple sectors. The ability to target communications directly via participant filtering opens opportunities for companies needing to ensure compliance across thousands of employee devices without risking data privacy. This versatility signals a shift in perception from being merely a legal tool to a necessary asset for businesses managing a workforce reliant on mobile communication.
Matt Rasmussen had worked for some 20 years in litigation technology and support at major law firms, Fortune 500 companies, and litigation services providers, when he wondered why mobile collections had to be so time-consuming, inefficient and invasively overbroad.
As he looked into it, he realized there was a better way to manage mobile collections. Two years ago, Rasmussen and his cofounders brought ModeOne to the legal market. ModeOne’s SaaS technology offers the industry’s only selective, fully remote, data collection from smart phones and other mobile devices.
Now the company’s CEO, Rasmussen joins LawNext host Bob Ambrogi to discuss how ModeOne is simplifying the collection of data from mobile devices for e-discovery, legal holds, compliance, and investigations.
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