Almost monthly the news includes a press release from CEOP or the National Crime Agency relating to unlawful images and the individuals attempting to find such material. The Government has also recently publicised a policy in which Service Providers automatically block the ability for the user to access pornographic websites under the proviso that, rightly […]

To tweet or not to tweet… Twitter raises important issues about privacy, free speech, censorship as well as individual rights and responsibilities. Of course, there is nothing stopping a person from self-incriminating themselves by tweets revealing illegal conduct such as the reports of a doctor on sick leave. How Can A Tweet Lead to Prosecution? […]

Everyone has felt the effects of the ‘Credit Crunch’ and the resulting recession, with ever-tightening budgets forcing people to rethink their working strategies and to ‘trim the fat’. Whilst the recession has had greater and lesser effects within different industries, heads of Hi-Tech Crime Units dealing with computer forensic investigations have been faced with holding […]

According to sources, pornography accounts for 68 million daily Internet searches (25% of all Internet searches), 12% of websites and 1.5 billion downloads a month. The sheer volume of people seeking such material is surprising. However, computers are a discreet, cheap and relatively effective method of accessing such material. The Internet allows users to freely […]

To most people, a computer could not be described as Dangerous. We use them on a daily basis to type letters, perhaps browse the Internet, play games or store holiday photos. However, for some, data contained on a computer or mobile phone can provide enough evidence to form the basis of legal proceedings against them. […]