Using a camera as evidence

Writing in The Box (The Press's weekly technology section), Will Harvie has a good tip when you are returning hired or leased goods (in his case, a storage locker). He took pics of the locker just before surrendering it, to prove it was in good condition after he had finished. He had learned his lesson from a previous rental car hire, as the agency claimed he had damaged the vehicle, when he was positive he had not but could not prove his claim. All digital cameras can add the time and date to the photograph, so you have good evidence to back up your side of the story, if it should ever come to a dispute.