Oregon Corp is fighting a litigation suit with Scamster Inc. Oregon has assigned a private investigative agency to go through garbage, recycled paper, and other rubbish at Scamster’s office site in order to find relevant information. What would you call this kind of activity?
A.
Garbage Scooping
B.
Dumpster Diving
C.
Scanning
D.
CI Gathering
Explanation:
Dumpster diving is the colloquial name for going through somebody’s garbage — which will usually be in dumpsters for large organizations. This is a powerful tactic because it is protected by social taboos. Trash is bad, and once it goes into the trash, something is best forgotten. The reality is that most company trash is fairly clean, and provides a gold mine of information.