When Invisible Electronic Ink Leaves Red Faces: Tactical, Legal and Ethical Consequences of the Failure to Remove Metadata

Authors

Jembaa Cole

Abstract

There have been several instances in which seemingly innocuous metadata has wreaked professional and political havoc. Every electronic document has an invisible set of identifying data, its metadata. This Article explores consequences of ignoring metadata and suggests effective ways to tame metadata.

First Page

8

Recommended Citation

Jembaa Cole, When Invisible Electronic Ink Leaves Red Faces: Tactical, Legal and Ethical Consequences of the Failure to Remove Metadata, 1 Shidler J. L. Com. & Tech. 8 (2005).
Available at: https://digitalcommons.law.uw.edu/wjlta/vol1/iss2/4