Extract from Hanzo’s article, “A Guide to Tracking Website Changes Over Time for Litigation Readiness.”
Your company should be tracking website changes over time to support litigation readiness. If you are not proactively managing risk and building a robust defense against privacy lawsuits, today is the day to start.
Establishing a historical archive of your commercial website helps your business prove what disclosures and consent mechanisms were active on a specific date. This immutable audit trail is essential for mounting a legal defense and the best way to protect your organization from frivolous lawsuits, regulatory audits, and eDiscovery disputes. In this article, we cover the best tools to track website changes.
What Are the Risks of Failing to Track Website Changes?
Failing to track website changes over time creates severe litigation risks. The biggest hazard a company faces is digital spoliation, or the destruction or alteration of evidence. An entity’s inability to establish which disclosures, disclaimers, or tracking technologies were active on specific dates in the past could lead to several consequences, including financial penalties, shifts in the burden of proof, or an adverse inference jury ruling.
