Legal Concerns for Digital Evidence Responders provides a legal background for first responders and investigators who encounter or work with digital evidence. Topics include Fourth Amendment concerns, the importance of getting digital devices into the hands of a forensics expert, recent case law, and practical advice on obtaining and executing search warrants. The modules function as companions to NW3C’s computer crimes classes and may be required as online prerequisites for either instructor-led or online training. Each module can be completed as a stand-alone online course or in combination with the other six modules.
This module introduces the Stored Communications Act and emphasizes how this federal law can be useful to state and local law enforcement officers who need information from online service providers. Topics covered include:
What is the Stored communications Act and why do we have it
The legal process necessary to get various types of information from different service providers
Tools for law enforcement such as preservation letters and delayed notice
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