Digital Confidence Releases Free Tool to Find Hidden Data

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL (May 5, 2009) — Digital Confidence, the leading provider of data leakage prevention (DLP), hidden data / metadata removal, and privacy software solutions, today released Hidden Data Detector™, a free tool to find and identify hidden data & metadata in files.

Hidden Data Detector™ can analyze Microsoft Office® 2007 documents (Word, Excel®, PowerPoint®), OpenOffice.org / StarOffice™ documents, JPEG, PNG, and SVG image files, AVI video files, and WAV audio files. Hidden Data Detector™ alerts the user if document properties, tracked changes, comments, presentation notes, or other types of hidden data & metadata are present in the scanned files.

With Hidden Data Detector™ users can assess the risk of sharing files that contain potentially confidential and private hidden data, and evaluate their need for a comprehensive hidden data removal solution.

About Digital Confidence

Digital Confidence is the leading provider of data leakage prevention (DLP), hidden data / metadata removal, and privacy software solutions to individuals and organizations of all sizes, from small and medium business and law firms, to large-scale enterprises.

Digital Confidence best of breed products enables our customers to make their way in the digital world with confidence, and frees them from the worry of unintentional sensitive data leakage which can cause embarrassment with possible financial and legal implications.

Digital Confidence is a privately held company with corporate headquarters in Tel Aviv, Israel.