Privacy in UK police digital forensics investigations

Paul van Schaik; Alastair Irons; Karen V. Renaud

Privacy in UK police digital forensics investigations

Paul van Schaik, Alastair Irons, Karen V. Renaud

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Abstract

Background: Privacy is a human right, but what happens when a person's privacy rights encounter legitimate police investigations? Is it even possible to carry out these investigations in a privacy-respecting way? If the person being investigated makes use of privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs), how does this impact digital forensics investigations?

Aim: The aim of our study was to identify how privacy rights and the use of PETs influence police digital forensics practices.

Methods: We carried out a study with 10 digital forensics investigators from UK police forces to explore how considerations of privacy and citizens' PET use inform or affect digital forensics investigations.

Results: We identified specific uses of privacy-related principles that ought to apply in digital forensics investigation, and hindraces to digital forensics investigations from citizens' use of PETs.

Conclusions: We concluded with potential implications for practice and ideas for future research to reconcile the law enforcement activities with individual citizens' inalienable privacy rights.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 57th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2024
Editors	Tung X. Bui
Place of Publication	Honolulu
Publisher	University of Hawaii at Manoa
Pages	1901-1910
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Electronic)	9780998133171
Publication status	Published - 3 Jan 2024
Event	57th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences - Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort, Honolulu, United States Duration: 3 Jan 2024 → 6 Jan 2024 Conference number: 57th

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
Publisher	University of Hawaii at Manoa
ISSN (Electronic)	2572-6862

Conference

Conference	57th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
Abbreviated title	HICSS 2024
Country/Territory	United States
City	Honolulu
Period	3/01/24 → 6/01/24

Keywords

Digital forensics
Police
Privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs)
Cybersecurity and privacy in government
Iso accreditation
Surveillance

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van Schaik, P., Irons, A., & Renaud, K. V. (2024). Privacy in UK police digital forensics investigations. In T. X. Bui (Ed.), Proceedings of the 57th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2024 (pp. 1901-1910). (Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences). University of Hawaii at Manoa. https://hdl.handle.net/10125/106617

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van Schaik, P, Irons, A & Renaud, KV 2024, Privacy in UK police digital forensics investigations. in TX Bui (ed.), Proceedings of the 57th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2024. Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, pp. 1901-1910, 57th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States, 3/01/24. <https://hdl.handle.net/10125/106617>

Privacy in UK police digital forensics investigations. / van Schaik, Paul; Irons, Alastair; Renaud, Karen V.
Proceedings of the 57th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2024. ed. / Tung X. Bui. Honolulu: University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2024. p. 1901-1910 (Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences).

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