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Metadata: Be sure to wash sensitive documents
When one sends a document to another person via the internet or files a document in an electronic case filing system the document, unless it is scrubbed, may include information you might not want others to know about. The information is not visible, but it is still there. It is metadata.
Let’s say you are going to convert a document to pdf so you can file it with the court which has an electronic filing system. You may want to be sure the metadata is erased from the document. The Acrobat program may have this ability. If you do not have the right program, scan the document and then file the scanned document. Adobe has some information.
If you are sending a WordPerfect document save it without metadata. There is a save routine in the program. First you save the document and then you save it again but this time using the “Save Without Metadata” routine under File.
If you are using Word, see this from Microsoft.
The ABA has some materials on ethics and metada. Review and Use of Metadata. See also this piece. No doubt, there will be much litigation in coming years regarding metadata getting into the wrong hands,