Emergency Digital Evidence Preservation
Prompt preservation support when devices, accounts, video, messages, or logs may be lost, overwritten, altered, or remotely changed.
When to call
Impending device replacement or reset
Departing employee or expiring surveillance video
Threatened account deletion or remote-wipe risk
Changing cloud data, a litigation hold, accident, or incident
Compromised account, probate or deceased-person data
Urgent court deadlines
Immediate precautions
Stop ordinary use when appropriate. Do not reset or update devices.
Do not install recovery tools or forward or resave native evidence unnecessarily.
Preserve chargers and lawfully available credentials.
Document custody and contact counsel or AMR before altering the source.
What AMR may preserve
Mobile devices, computers, tablets, removable media, cloud or provider exports, messages, email, photographs and video, metadata, GPS and location artifacts, vehicle data, drone records, account-security records, and forensic productions.
Process
Confidential scoping and lawful authority confirmation
Chain-of-custody documentation and appropriate acquisition
Hashing or integrity documentation where applicable
Secure retention, targeted analysis, and reporting only as authorized
Limitations
Preservation cannot guarantee recovery. Availability depends on retention, encryption, damage, access, synchronization, overwriting, and technical feasibility. AMR does not provide legal advice or bypass lawful authorization.
Related services
Mobile forensics
Computer forensics
Data recovery
eDiscovery
Audio and video forensics
Automotive forensics
Litigation support
Urgent contact
For time-sensitive evidence risks, contact AMR Digital Forensics before altering the source.