Control Risks Launches Remote, Targeted Mobile and Messaging Data Extraction Integration for RelativityOne

Legal Teams Can Now Remotely Target and Automate Extraction and Processing of Texts, Messaging Apps and Mobile Data for Review in RelativityOne

New York, 15th October 2025 — Control Risks, a global leader in investigations, eDiscovery and digital forensics services, has launched an advanced new service empowering legal and compliance teams to remotely collect and review targeted messaging data from mobile devices alongside traditional documents within RelativityOne. This unique capability enables clients to capture specific conversations of interest from any mobile device or third-party chat application platform, unify them with the rest of their case data and apply next-generation AI analytics for faster, smarter results.

What sets this innovation apart is Control Risks’ proprietary, fully automated conversion process and direct pipeline: once targeted data is collected remotely from the device, that data is immediately routed, without the need for manual transfer via FTP, hard drives or slow remote kits, into the RelativityOne environment. There, it is processed and converted directly to the Relativity Short Message Format (RSMF), making text, chat and instant messaging data instantly reviewer-ready and easy to analyze.

As legal and regulatory expectations expand and digital evidence becomes central to every investigation, law firms and in-house teams face relentless challenges: collecting reliable data from ever-evolving messaging apps and devices, ensuring evidence is compliant and defensible and processing massive volumes efficiently for review. Furthermore, collecting text, chat and instant message data on mobile devices is fraught with data privacy issues and concerns related to parsing relevant business communications from irrelevant personal conversations.

The proprietary Control Risks workflow now lets clients, Control Risks teams, and legal counsel gain early visibility into communications present on the device at the exact moment of collection. Through search term filtering and thread targeting within applications like WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram and other third-party chat platforms, legal counsel can now direct collections and identify relevant evidence in place, without custodians self-selecting the data. No longer is it necessary to image entire devices and sort vast amounts of unrelated texts and chats downstream; business communications can be surgically collected, ensuring defensibility and efficiency in a way that was not previously possible.

“This integration helps our clients bridge a critical operational gap,” says Brad Kolacinski, partner at Control Risks. “Legal teams can now confidently handle chats, texts and mobile communications with the same precision, transparency and AI-powered efficiency as traditional documents. We have eliminated technical barriers that once created manual headaches and delays, so clients can focus on the evidence and make faster, well-informed decisions.”

Control Risks’ Discovery + Data Insights team assists clients at every stage, from data mapping and custodian interviews to collection, processing, RelativityOne hosting, review, analytics and AI consulting and production. By combining technical expertise, world-class client service and proven workflows for complex data types, Control Risks ensures clients’ mobile and messaging evidence is handled with care and ready for review in record time.

With this innovation, clients achieve:

Seamless ingestion of modern mobile and messaging evidence alongside traditional ESI in RelativityOne.
Early identification and targeted collection of relevant, privileged or "hot" documents and communications from mobile devices.
Custom workflow consulting and optimization from Control Risks’ expert team.
Reduced risks of error, manual recollection and overlooked evidence compared to traditional mobile device collection approaches.
End-to-end support that ensures defensibility, privacy compliance and maximum speed to review and production.

Control Risks’ approach enables law firms, corporations, insurers and government agencies to tackle today’s toughest digital evidence challenges while taking full advantage of RelativityOne’s advanced analytics, suite of AI (aiR) tools and extensibility to customize workflows between digital forensics tool kits for downstream eDiscovery.

For more information about integrating mobile and messaging evidence into your RelativityOne workflow, contact the Control Risks Discovery + Data Insights team at www.controlrisks.com.

About Control Risks

Control Risks is a global security and strategic intelligence firm that helps organizations manage complex geopolitical, security, compliance, investigation and eDiscovery challenges wherever they operate. With decades of experience supporting the legal, corporate and regulated sectors, Control Risks combines expert practitioners, advanced technology and a client-focused approach to deliver clarity, resilience and actionable intelligence, even in matters with the highest stakes. Control Risks’ Discovery + Data Insights practice provides comprehensive solutions spanning eDiscovery, digital forensics, regulatory investigations, litigation support and managed data services for clients worldwide. For more information, visit www.controlrisks.com.