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Data Privacy

Aug. 31, 2023

Apple seeks sanctions for claimed metadata erasure

The deletions erased metadata that could have shown how the information was used by a former Apple worker who moved to startup, the company claimed.

Counsel for Apple Inc. asked a magistrate judge Wednesday to impose sanctions against a computer chip startup and its counsel, accusing them of lying about complying with document preservation orders and deleting an archive file that contained Apple codes and other secrets.

The accused counsel argued there was no cause for sanctions and that Apple's attorneys were exaggerating.

The deletions erased metadata that...

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