From cloud to courtroom : data never dies

Abstract

Evidence is increasingly being being held on online servers creating legal difficulties for practictioners and law enforcement officers alike. In this article, Dr Stefano Filletti, Head of Department of Criminal law at the University of Malta, Managing Partner at Filletti & Filletti Advocates, discusses how the use of digital data is reforming the legal landscape

The internet’s continued presence in the everyday lives of citizens has increased in more ways than one. More people use it to pursue educational aims, participate in social and cultural life, do business, and to interact with one another or with their governments. Any public policy for the internet should be people-oriented, meaning that it should at all times respect the core values of democracy, human rights and the rule of law. [extract]