Whenever you create, open, or save a document in Microsoft Word, Excel or PowerPoint, that document may store information (known as metadata) that you had no intention of including or disclosing.

Metadata information that can be stored on your documents:

• Your name
• Your initials
• Your company or organization name
• The name of your computer
• The name of the network server or hard disk where you saved the document
• The names of previous document authors
• Document revisions
• Document versions
• Hidden text or cells
• Comments