Privacy is a major theme in this quarter’s legal update, which covers the latest developments with the European Union’s ePrivacy Initiative, some new laws in the United States, recent court decisions, and law enforcement access to third-party data. We also … Read more
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Community In Collaboration: The Scientific Working Group On Digital Evidence
In September, Forensic Focus was invited to sit in on a meeting of the Scientific Working Group on Digital Evidence (SWGDE). The third and final meeting of 2020 was held virtually — just as the previous meeting, in June, had … Read more
Corporate Investigations and the UK Data Protection Act
First published September 2007
by Rowenna Fielding
INTRODUCTION
A number of requirements of the Data Protection Act apply to workplace monitoring. While the DPA does not prohibit employee monitoring and investigation, any such activity must conform to the requirements of … Read more
Large Scale Fraud Cases And The Issues Surrounding E-Discovery Investigations
First published September 2007
submitted by CY4OR Limited
A recent Report by the Fraud Advisory Panel revealed that the average length of a serious fraud investigation between 2002 and 2006 totalled 33 months, costing the British taxpayer around £100 million … Read more
Intrusion Detection System Logs as Evidence and Legal Aspects
First published January 2007
Fahmid Imtiaz
School of Computer and Information Science
Edith Cowan University
E-mail: [email protected]
Abstract
Modern techniques and methodologies for detecting attacks and malicious activities on computers and networks has evolved a lot over the last couple … Read more
Are non technical juries keeping criminals at large?
First published February 2006
by Carrie Moss, Marketing Assistant, CY4OR
www.CY4OR.co.uk
In England and Wales the only qualifications required of a jury member to be eligible to appear in a court of law are that they are registered on the … Read more