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WestNet Computer Forensics has expertise with
all types of cases where electronic stored information
needs to be recovered, processed and analyzed. We
are based in Los Angeles.
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WestNet works with all types of businesses including
individuals, small businesses, law firms, government
agencies and fortune 500 companies in assistance
with electronic data discovery.
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Computer Forensics World
Forensic Act and Laws
The foremost dilemma with the study of
electronic law is that it is very
complicated to confine its study within
simple parameters, Internet and
e-commerce do not define a distinct area
of law as with contract and tort law.
Electronic law crosses many legal
disciplines, each of which can be
studied individually.
Cybercrime
There will always be those in the world
who wish to gain some benefit without
actually paying for it. As a result the
electronic law will also cross over
certain aspects of criminal law.
Harassment and Cyberstalking
Whether is is racial or sexual
harassment, stalking, bullying at work,
or neighbors from hell, harassment is a
form of discrimination that is generally
prohibited by legislation, Harassment in
the workplace is something employers
must not tolerate, and includes and form
of unwelcome, unsolicited, or
unreciprocated behavior that is
reasonable person would consider
offensive, humiliating, or intimidating.
Cyberstalking is the distribution of
malicious communication through e-mail
and the Internet. Although based on new
technology, it is in principle precisely
the same as many other form of malicious
communication and can be dealt with
through the usual civil and criminal law
methods. The distribution of offensive
e-mail through the Internet and such
communication will also constitute an
offense under a variety of statues (such
as the Malicious Communication Act in
the U.K)
Pornography and Obscenity
Pornography is a big business on the
Internet and has even been seen by some
as its foundation. In the U.S.,
pornography is protected as speech under
the First Amendment of the Constitution.
Obscenity, on the other hand, is not
protected. Obscenity may be legally
possessed in an individual's private
home, but generally its distribution is
illegal.
Searches (and the Fourth
Amendment)
In much of the common law world, law
enforcement needs to obtain a legal
authorization in order to search and
seize evidence. Generally, this power is
granted through a request for a search
warrant that states the grounds for the
application, including the law that has
been broken. In the United States, the
requirements further require that the
application describes the specific
premises to be search, as well as the
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In the physical world, there is a real
limit on the length of time during which
a search can be conducted, This rule
does not impose much of a limit on
electronic searches. Since the
investigator is able to make a copy of
the digital evidence (such as a hard
drive), they are able to continue to
search those files both for "string,"
which are beyond the scope of the
original warrant, and do so at their
leisure.
The Fourth Amendment rule is that an
investigator executing a warrant is able
to look in any place listed on the
warrant where evidence might conceivably
be concealed. Traditionally, an
investigator was precluded from looking
into any location beyond the area of the
evidence they wish to seize. Electronic
evidence, however, may be stored
anywhere. The result is that in
investigator can electronically look
anywhere in search of digital evidence.
Anton Piller (Civil Search)
An Anton Piller order is a civil court
order providing for the right to search
premises and seize evidence without
prior warning. In the U.S., the Business
Software Alliance has used those orders
as a remedy when they are attempting to
stop illegal software use (termed
software piracy) and copyright
infringement to achieve the recovery of
property.
Evidence Law
Electronic evidence in law is the legal
recognition and evidential value in
litigation of evidence in digital
format.
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