Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Digital Evidence in Criminal Investigations
- The Cambridge Handbook of Digital Evidence in Criminal Investigations
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Tables
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Part I Collecting Digital Evidence
- 1 Impact of Digital Evidence Gathering on the Criminal Justice System
- 2 Unresolved Jurisdictional Issues in Law Enforcement Access to Data
- 3 Effective Data Protection and Direct Cooperation on Digital Evidence
- 4 On Encryption Technologies and Potential Solutions for Lawful Access
- 5 Admissibility of Digital Evidence
- 6 Exchange of Data between National Security Agencies and Law Enforcement
- 7 From Mutual Trust to the Gordian Knot of Notifications
- 8 Moving in the Right Direction for Transborder Access to Digital Evidence in Criminal Matters?
- Part II Digital Evidence and the Cooperation of Service Providers in EU Criminal Investigations
- Part III Collecting Digital Evidence and the Role of Service Providers
- Conclusion
2 - Unresolved Jurisdictional Issues in Law Enforcement Access to Data
from Part I - Collecting Digital Evidence
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 January 2025
- The Cambridge Handbook of Digital Evidence in Criminal Investigations
- The Cambridge Handbook of Digital Evidence in Criminal Investigations
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Tables
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Part I Collecting Digital Evidence
- 1 Impact of Digital Evidence Gathering on the Criminal Justice System
- 2 Unresolved Jurisdictional Issues in Law Enforcement Access to Data
- 3 Effective Data Protection and Direct Cooperation on Digital Evidence
- 4 On Encryption Technologies and Potential Solutions for Lawful Access
- 5 Admissibility of Digital Evidence
- 6 Exchange of Data between National Security Agencies and Law Enforcement
- 7 From Mutual Trust to the Gordian Knot of Notifications
- 8 Moving in the Right Direction for Transborder Access to Digital Evidence in Criminal Matters?
- Part II Digital Evidence and the Cooperation of Service Providers in EU Criminal Investigations
- Part III Collecting Digital Evidence and the Role of Service Providers
- Conclusion
Summary
Chapter 2 outlines normative challenges related to jurisdiction over data residing abroad. It illustrates how the law enforcement process involves different types of jurisdictional claim and highlights the challenges in bundling investigative measures with invasive enforcement measures. It also highlights that the traditional focus on territoriality does not meet the needs of law enforcement efforts in fighting cybercrime. Rather, basing claims of jurisdiction to enforce strictly on the location of data raises several questions in terms of the threshold of breaching sovereignty and the legality of accessing such data under international law. Further, the chapter looks at the inadequacies associated with single-factor jurisdictional tests and points to the need for multi-factor assessments. It discusses key actors being placed in a position where compliance with one state’s law necessitates violation of another’s. Last, it analyses international attempts to solve issues of transborder access to data, including the Council of Europe’s Second Additional Protocol to its Budapest Convention, the EU e-Evidence Regulation, the US CLOUD Act and the EU–US CLOUD Act agreement negotiations.
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025