Kategoria BISAC: Law >> Computer & Internet

The Internet has dramatically altered the landscape of crime and national security, creating new threats, such as identity theft, computer viruses, and cyberattacks. Moreover, because cybercrimes are often not limited to a single site or nation, crime scenes themselves have changed. Consequently, law enforcement must confront these new dangers and embrace novel methods of prevention, as well as produce new tools for digital surveillance--which can jeopardize privacy and civil liberties.

Cybercrime brings together leading experts in law, criminal justice, and security studies...

The Internet has dramatically altered the landscape of crime and national security, creating new threats, such as identity theft, computer viruses, and cyberattacks. Moreover, because cybercrimes are often not limited to a single site or nation, crime scenes themselves have changed. Consequently, law enforcement must confront these new dangers and embrace novel methods of prevention, as well as produce new tools for digital surveillance--which can jeopardize privacy and civil liberties.

Cybercrime brings together leading experts in law, criminal justice, and security studies...

Durch die digitale Revolution entstehen zwangslaufig neue Herausforderungen und Probleme fur die Kriminalitatsbekampfung. Aus diesem breiten Spektrum behandelt die vorliegende Dissertation die Problematik der Beschlagnahme elektronisch gespeicherter Daten bei privaten Tragern von Berufsgeheimnissen. Dabei wird untersucht, welche gesetzlichen Ermachtigungsgrundlagen hierfur Anwendung finden und ob diese Grundlagen ausreichend sind. Ferner wird gepruft, ob hinsichtlich der fur das konkrete Verfahren irrelevanten elektronisch gespeicherten Daten, die im Zuge der Durchfuhrung einer...

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E-commerce offers immense challenges to traditional dispute resolution methods, as it entails parties often located in different parts of the world making contracts with each other at the click of a mouse. The use of traditional litigation for disputes arising in this forum is often...

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This book is a warning. It aims to warn policy-makers, industry, academia, civil society organisations, the media and the public about the threats and vulnerabilities facing our privacy, identity, trust, security and inclusion in the rapidly approaching world of ambient intelligence (AmI).

In the near future, every manufactured product - our clothes, money, appliances, the paint on our walls, the...

Tens of millions of people today are living part of their life in a virtual world. In places like World of Warcraft, Second Life, and Free Realms, people are making friends, building communities, creating art, and making real money. Business is booming on the virtual frontier, as billions of dollars are paid in exchange for pixels on screens. But sometimes things go wrong. Virtual criminals defraud online communities in pursuit of real-world profits. People feel cheated when their avatars lose virtual property to wrongdoers. Increasingly, they turn to legal systems for solutions. But when...