Compliance

 

Strathclyde Forensics follows several protocols and guidelines set by different government and professional bodies, in combination with the current legislation related to economic and computer crime.

 

 

ACPO Guidelines for computer based electronic evidence

Strathclyde Forensics complies with the four principles of computer-based electronic evidence, as set by the Association of Chief Police Officers. There is no legal framework in the UK with regard to the handling of electronic evidence, as it is in other countries (i.e. USA) but the guidelines set by the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) of England and Wales, are accepted by practitioners, academics and courts as an acceptable code of conduct.

 

Please click on the ACPO logo (left) to open and download the relevant document.

 

The four ACPO principles are the following.

 

 

 

Principle 1:

No action taken by law enforcement agencies or their agents should change data held on a computer or storage media which may subsequently be relied upon in court.

 

Principle 2:

 In circumstances where a person finds it necessary to access original data held on a computer or on storage media, that person must be competent to do so and be able to give evidence explaining the relevance and the implications of their actions.

 

Principle 3:

An audit trail or other record of all processes applied to computer-based electronic evidence should be created and preserved. An independent third party should be able to examine those processes and achieve the same result.

 

Principle 4:

The person in charge of the investigation (the case officer) has overall responsibility for ensuring that the law and these principles are adhered to.

 

 

 

IOCEStrathclyde Forensics also complies with the standards set by the IOCE (International Organization on Computer Evidence) Please click on the IOCE logo to visit the site.

 

 

 

 

 

 

All associates who work on behalf of Strathclyde Forensics are educated to at least a Master degree in their respective forensic discipline and/or hold professional accreditations. All associates undergo a strict scrutiny procedure, that includes in all cases a Disclosure Scotland certification.

 
   
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