Evidentiary Power and Propriety of Digital Identifiers and the Impact on Privacy Rights in the United States

Authors

Michael Losavio, University of LouisvilleFollow
Deborah Keeling, University of Louisville

Prior Publisher

The Association of Digital Forensics, Security and Law (ADFSL)

Abstract

Media and network systems capture and store data about electronic activity in new, sometimes unprecedented ways; computational systems make for new means of analysis and knowledge development. These new forms offer new, powerful tactical tools for investigations of electronic malfeasance under traditional legal regulation of state power, particular that of Fourth Amendment limitations on police searches and seizures under the U.S. Constitution. But autonomy, identity and authenticity concerns with electronic data raise issues of public policy, privacy and proper police oversight of civil society. We examine those issues and their implications for digital and computational forensics

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Recommended Citation

Losavio, Michael and Keeling, Deborah (2014) "Evidentiary Power and Propriety of Digital Identifiers and the Impact on Privacy Rights in the United States," Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law: Vol. 9 , Article 16.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15394/jdfsl.2014.1181
Available at: https://commons.erau.edu/jdfsl/vol9/iss2/16