This master's thesis explores selected challenges of investigating cybercrime, as well as possible ways authorities can deal with these challenges.
The first part presents nature of digital data and the basic legal challenges which occur due to interference with human rights. This is followed by an exposition of the legal challenge of identifying an individual by the means of their IP address, legal possibilities of bypassing encryption, the admissibility of evidence put forward by third persons and clandestine investigative measures of intercepting and obtaining data on criminal activity. A short passage is dedicated to the use of big data and the tracking of money flows as means of investigating cyber-crime. This is followed by a presentation of the content of a court order for search and seizure. Finally, some defense arguments are presented.
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