Need a client’s texts or app messages? Your firm requests the collection. MARA guides the remote custodian and delivers the data to your portal. No collection kits or on-site visit.
Your client is at home. You need their messages. Here is the whole handoff.
Scroll through the collection, from the first request to the results in your portal.
CLIENT AT HOMEMANAGED BY MARA
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A matter. A client. The messages you need.
Create an account and submit your request through MARA. Identify the custodian and the data needed for the matter.
Request targeted data or a broader supported collection. MARA coordinates the next steps.
COLLECTION WORKSPACE
YOUR FIRM’S COLLECTION REQUESTThe messages your matter needs.
Managed by MARA
MATTER FILE
Legal matterClient message review
Client / custodianAlex MorganClient’s location
Requested data
TextsWhatsApp
Request collection ↗
MARA coordinates with your custodian.
Illustrative MARA workflow. Fictional data. Animation does not indicate collection time.
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MARA guides them. They stay at home.
We coordinate with your client or custodian and guide the setup remotely. They use their own phone and follow the collection prompts.
No collection kit to ship and no consultant visit to arrange.
COLLECTION WORKSPACE
MARA COORDINATESGuidance, wherever your client is.
MARA coordinatorCollection guidance
GUIDED REMOTELY→
Alex MorganClient’s location
YOUR CLIENT’S NEXT STEPMARA guides the collection.
Your legal team stays focused on the matter.
Illustrative MARA workflow. Fictional data. Animation does not indicate collection time.
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Connect the phone. Follow the guided steps.
The custodian connects their phone to a standard computer and starts the collection, with MARA guiding the process. Android also offers an on-phone collection option.
Your legal team does not need to operate the collection software.
COLLECTION WORKSPACE
MARA-GUIDED COLLECTIONYour client collects from home.
Alex Morgan
Data needed
TextsWhatsApp
MARA coordinates and guides. Your firm receives the results in its portal.
Illustrative MARA workflow. Fictional data. Animation does not indicate collection time.
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Collected remotely. Uploaded to your portal.
The collection uploads from the custodian’s location into your matter in MARA. The portal shows when the data has been received and is ready to access.
Android phone-app users can select upload directly from the phone. No separate file-sharing service is needed.
COLLECTION WORKSPACE
COLLECTION DATA → MARA PORTALClient message reviewAlex Morgan
COMPLETED LOCAL COLLECTION
Phone collectionData + report
✓
Client’s location
UPLOAD
YOUR MATTER WORKSPACE
MARA Portal
Your firm’s portal
Client message review✓
Completed package. Ready to upload.Uploading collection data to MARA PortalReceived in your matter
Android phone app is another path.Collect on the phone, then select upload directly to the portal.
Illustrative MARA workflow. Fictional data. Animation does not indicate collection time.
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Open the matter. Download the results.
Download the standalone collection, or choose Data + MARA Analyzer to open it for review. The acquisition report is available with the collection.
Find relevant records in Analyzer and export in RSMF, CSV, XLSX, XML, PDF, and more.
COLLECTION WORKSPACE
RECEIVED IN YOUR PORTALClient message review
Ready to download
Alex MorganStandalone collection data
Acquisition reportCollection details and file hashes
Download standalone dataFor your discovery or forensic team
Data + MARA AnalyzerDownload. Open. Review the collection.
ANALYZERYour evidence handoff
Find the relevant records.
Review messages and available attachments.
Relevant records ✓
RELEVANT RECORDS → EXPORT
RSMFCSVXLSXXMLPDF
Illustrative MARA workflow. Fictional data. Animation does not indicate collection time.
Collect texts, WhatsApp, Signal, and other supported phone data from iPhone and Android. Target specific data or perform a broader supported collection.
01 / ACCESS
Download from your portal.
Once the upload is received, open the matter and download standalone phone extraction data for compatible forensic tools. Import support depends on the format and receiving tool; MARA Targeted packages open in MARA.
Use the MARA desktop app for iPhone or Android. Android also supports collection directly in the phone app, with direct upload to your MARA portal. Follow the guided setup for your device and selected data.
MARA MANAGED COLLECTIONS
Bring us the matter.
We’ll guide the collection.
Create an account and request your collection through the platform. MARA coordinates with the custodian and guides the process.