Abstract: The system and method described herein provide mechanisms by which connected devices and/or internal subsets of devices can be used to implement an electronic preemptive evidentiary escrow platform. Such a platform can be used, for example, as a preemptive defensive mechanism to prevent unauthorized access to information, while permitting authorized access with a minimum of additional burden. A compound message is partitioned into public summary data and private detail media/metadata. The public summary data is made readily available, while the private data is only made available to authorized entities upon occurrence of predefined condition(s). In at least one embodiment, one or more hardware devices can be automatically reconfigured upon occurrence of predefined condition(s) to allow authorized access to private data.

Abstract: The system and method described herein provide mechanisms by which connected devices and/or internal subsets of devices can be used to implement an electronic preemptive evidentiary escrow platform. Such a platform can be used, for example, as a preemptive defensive mechanism to prevent unauthorized access to information, while permitting authorized access with a minimum of additional burden. A compound message is partitioned into public summary data and private detail media/metadata. The public summary data is made readily available, while the private data is only made available to authorized entities upon occurrence of predefined condition(s). In at least one embodiment, one or more hardware devices can be automatically reconfigured upon occurrence of predefined condition(s) to allow authorized access to private data.