IDP (May 2017)

New technology applied to criminal investigation: searching computers

  • Inmaculada López-Barajas Perea

DOI
https://doi.org/10.7238/idp.v0i24.3084
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 0, no. 24

Abstract

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The fight against serious crime, and in particular against organised crime and terrorism, is of great importance in order to guarantee security, and its efficacy depends very much on the use of modern investigation techniques. However, although this general interest objective is crucial, it cannot justify the use of any kind of investigative measures. In this paper we analyse some of the guarantees that should be observed when searching and tapping into computers, keeping in mind the unique features that this measure presents in a digital world that is interconnected at the world level. The multiple functions of computers and the varied information that is usually stored in them calls for special constitutional protection.

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