Is there a process by which courts check access logs of a server to verify the data hasn't been tampered with? (thelemmy.club)

submitted 2 weeks ago by haloduder@thelemmy.club to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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Since anyone can put anything they want on their servers, it seems like a lot of evidence could be thrown out in court cases if access to that information is not strictly monitored and audited to make sure the owners aren't removing or adding data.

Does anyone know of industry-standard practices to ensure that data on servers is not being manipulated in a way to protect or harm users?

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[-] haloduder@thelemmy.club -1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

The industry standards would be what major tech companies do in order to comply and make sure that when their data is involved in a legal battle, they can prove that it hasn't been tampered with.

Any country is fair game since I'm interested about any general knowledge, but I'm mostly curious about Western nations such as the United States.

[-] Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org 2 points 2 weeks ago

Any country is fair game since I'm interested about any general knowledge

So you think you get ~200 responses now, one from each country LOL

[-] BCsven@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago

If you mean like a file for evidence got stored and you want to ensure it wasn't tapered with you can generates a checksum hash then record that hash elsewhere for verification later. Drives will also store access times, even if no data was changes, but just touched or viewed

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