Can Big Data Identify Sexual Harassers in Workplaces?

Advanced Discovery this week launched a sexual harassment taxonomy for its Riskcovery analytics suite that would allow companies to examine existing company data for potential sexual harassment concerns.

David Trachtenberg, chief marketing officer for Advanced Discovery, explained that companies often deal with these issues in litigation, despite having the capacity to screen for them prior to costly and exhaustive litigation. “Before data becomes evidence in litigation in traditional e-discovery practices, it's already sitting there with the company in their data before its highlighted as a potential evidence for litigation,” he noted.