Tag: Electronic Evidence
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Council and Parliament negotiations: EU laws on “E-Evidence” reportedly on the home straight
Internet service providers are to facilitate the work of law enforcement agencies with orders to preserve and hand over their users’ data. With an additional directive, companies must designate legal representation and establish points of contact. Negotiations on the EU…
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“Electronic Evidence”: No simplification for digital investigations yet
No less than three international organisations are working on different agreements to ease access to servers abroad for police and judiciary. In the Council of Europe, the EU Commission might pre-empt the United Nations. Problems arise with demands from the…
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Europol Study: Disclosure of electronic evidence often fails due to incompetence of authorities
The planned EU e-Evidence regulation is intended to force Internet service providers to cooperate more with police and judicial authorities. However, a survey shows that the companies already comply with their requests voluntarily. But they are often incorrect and thus…
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US authorities want to legally intercept telecommunications in Europe
The FBI could soon demand sensitive communication data from European Internet service providers. It would also be possible to have the data retrieved in real time. With this, the European Union wants to make the Trump administration weigh the possibility…
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European Commission wants to facilitate access to servers in third states
Police and judicial authorities are to have easier access to cloud data in the USA. To this end, a decree of the US government will also apply in the EU member states. As part of the “Budapest Convention”, US authorities…
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European Union trains North African authorities to control the Internet
Under the neighbourhood policy the southern Mediterranean countries are supported with a police programme. Since 2004 measures in “cyberspace” are on the agenda. Once again, this is the surveillance of social networks, upload platforms and video telephony. The European Union…