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Introducing The New De-Identification Feature In MD-VIDEO AI

13th November 2024

Introducing MD-VIDEO AI’s new de-identification feature—streamlining privacy protection in digital forensics with automated masking, flexible selection, and efficient evidence management.

Exterro Hire Top Forensics and Legal Duo to Spearhead EMEA Drive for Legal GRC

7th October 2022

Anna Urbani kick-starts newly created Director of Channel EMEA role alongside Nick Rich as Director of UK&I Corporate London, U.K., October 5, 2022 —Exterro Inc., the industry’s first provider of Legal GRC software, which unifies e-discovery, digital forensics and

Digital Forensics Key to Preserving the Victim’s Right to Privacy

22nd September 2022

The Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force (ICAC) faced a complex case where child sexual abuse was suspected. However, they faced a serious challenge in finding the right mobile forensics tool that would only collect strictly relevant data without examining

Forging Trust in Digital Forensics as Technology Evolves

24th March 2022

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February’s publications continued a trending topic in recent research: establishing reliability in forensic science as a whole, and digital forensics particularly. Even as some works explored the decryption of encrypted data, and the use of “hacked” data from encrypted devices,

Forensic Focus Legal Update July 2021: Reliability And Credibility Of Digital Evidence

22nd February 202319th July 2021

This quarter’s edition of our legal update starts with a look at improving digital forensics experts’ credibility, as well as the reliability of the evidence they find — all while dealing with rapidly advancing technology. Two recent academic papers, plus

Forensic Focus Legal Update April 2021: Balancing Privacy And Investigation

22nd February 20236th April 2021

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

Forensic Focus Legal Update December 2020: Refining Search & Seizure; New Laws & Guidance

22nd February 202311th December 2020

The fourth quarter of 2020 has seen some significant legal developments when it comes to digital evidence. In this issue (which also happens to be the anniversary of the inaugural Forensic Focus Legal Update), we highlight: Search warrant reform in

Facebook’s Privacy Manifesto: What Does It Mean For Digital Forensic Investigations?

22nd February 202316th May 2019

by Christa Miller, Forensic Focus Mark Zuckerberg’s new “privacy manifesto” for Facebook marks not just a pivot in terms of how the social network shapes modern-day communication. It also marks what The Verge’s Casey Newton called “the end of the

Internet Of Things Mobility Forensics

12th May 202017th May 2017

by K M Sabidur Rahman & Matt Bishop (University of California Davis) and Albert Holt (NSA) Abstract The Internet of Things (IoT) comes with great possibilities as well as major security and privacy issues. Although digital forensics has long been

Corporate Investigations and the UK Data Protection Act

22nd February 202313th July 2011

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