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2018 California Court Digital Evidence Justice Partner Survey

Digital Evidence Justice Partner Survey

These definitions will clarify terms used on this survey:

Digital evidence, also known as electronic evidence, is any evidence created, received, stored, or transmitted in digital format, e.g., photographs, video recordings, and documents in pdf format.

Digital evidence in physical format is digital evidence transmitted or stored on physical media such as flash drives, body cameras, DVDs, Micro SD chips.

Digital evidence in electronic format is digital evidence transmitted or stored electronically, such as received via email or stored as a file on a server.

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* 1. Please enter your organization's name.

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* 2. What type of organization do you belong to?

Solo practitioner

Small firm (10 attorneys or less)

Midsized firm (10 to 50 attorneys)

Larger Firm (50+ attorneys)

Social policy agency

Governmental entity

Corporate in-house attorney

Other (please specify)

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* 3. First Name

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* 4. Last Name

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* 5. Phone Number

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* 6. Email Address

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* 7. Job Title

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* 8. Are you responding for yourself or for your organization?

Self

Organization

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* 9. What types of digital evidence do you or your organization submit to the courts?

pdf documents

photos

audio recordings (e.g. Police Investigation Interviews)

video recordings (e.g. Police Investigation Interviews)

body camera recordings

fingerprints

wire tap

traffic camera

social media records/posts

GPS/cell phone tower records

cell phone call/message histories

medical records

Bank / Business Records

Other, please specify.

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* 10. What types of digital evidence sent by you or your organization have courts rejected? Please enter "None" if applicable.

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* 11. In what formats do you or your organization have digital evidence that needs to be submitted to the courts? (e.g. Still Images file, Audio / Video files, Motion Picture files) Please select all that apply.

JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) - Still Image Files

TIFF (Tagged Image File Format) - Still Image Files

PDF (Portable Document Format) - Still Image Files

WAV (Waveform) - Audio Files

MP3 - (MPEG-1 Audio Layer III or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III) - Audio Files

MOV (QuickTime) - Video Files

AVI (Audio Video Interleaved) - Video Files

MXF (Material Exchange Format) - Video Files

WMV (Windows Media File) - Video Files

MPEG (Moving Pictures Expert Group) - Video Files

DPX (Digital Moving-Picture Exchange) - Motion Picture Files

DCP (Digital Cinema Package) - Motion Picture Files

Other, please specify or "None" if applicable.

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* 12. On what physical storage media/devices do you or your organization submit digital evidence to the courts? Please select the court’s top three in frequency.

Computer hard drive

Flash drive

DVD

Memory chip

Smart phone

Digital camera

Audio cassette

Video cassette

Other, please specify or "None" if applicable.

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* 13. Do you or your organization submit digital evidence to the courts in electronic form? (such as an email attachment)

Yes

If Yes, please list the methods digital evidence is submitted electronically?

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* 14. Do you or your organization have operational procedures to ensure the integrity (non-tampering) of digital video evidence?

Yes

If Yes, whom can we contact to request the procedures?

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* 15. Does you or your organization redact digital video evidence before it is submitted to the courts? (for example, to protect the privacy of bystander individuals that are not party to the case at hand)?

Yes

If Yes, what technology solutions are used?

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* 16. Do you or your organization annotate digital evidence prior to submitting it to the court or during the trial?

Yes

If Yes, what technology solutions are used?

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* 17. Do you or your organization scan digital evidence for malware before submitting it the court?

Yes

If Yes, whom can we contact to obtain specific policies, procedures, and/or technology solutions to protect against malware introduced by digital evidence?

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* 18. Do you or your organization certify to the court that digital evidence submitted is free from malware?

Yes

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* 19. Are you or your organization working with providers of digital evidence services?

Yes

If Yes, please list digital service providers you or your organization works with.

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* 20. If the judicial branch were to offer a secure electronic digital evidence upload and repository service, would your organization be able and willing to use such a service to submit digital evidence?

Yes

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* 1. Please enter your organization's name.

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* 2. What type of organization do you belong to?

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* 3. First Name

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* 4. Last Name

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* 5. Phone Number

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* 6. Email Address

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* 7. Job Title

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* 8. Are you responding for yourself or for your organization?

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* 9. What types of digital evidence do you or your organization submit to the courts?

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* 10. What types of digital evidence sent by you or your organization have courts rejected? Please enter "None" if applicable.

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* 11. In what formats do you or your organization have digital evidence that needs to be submitted to the courts? (e.g. Still Images file, Audio / Video files, Motion Picture files) Please select all that apply.

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* 12. On what physical storage media/devices do you or your organization submit digital evidence to the courts? Please select the court’s top three in frequency.

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* 13. Do you or your organization submit digital evidence to the courts in electronic form? (such as an email attachment)

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* 14. Do you or your organization have operational procedures to ensure the integrity (non-tampering) of digital video evidence?

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* 15. Does you or your organization redact digital video evidence before it is submitted to the courts? (for example, to protect the privacy of bystander individuals that are not party to the case at hand)?

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* 16. Do you or your organization annotate digital evidence prior to submitting it to the court or during the trial?

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* 17. Do you or your organization scan digital evidence for malware before submitting it the court?

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* 18. Do you or your organization certify to the court that digital evidence submitted is free from malware?

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* 19. Are you or your organization working with providers of digital evidence services?

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* 20. If the judicial branch were to offer a secure electronic digital evidence upload and repository service, would your organization be able and willing to use such a service to submit digital evidence?

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* 21. Please share additional input and challenges your or your organization has in submitting digital evidence to the courts.