Technology & The Law
Technology & The LawCharles McCann, Jacob Sleiman & Max
Tassell
ImpactsTechnologys impact has been immense, with advancements in
communication, medicine, education and cyber warfare.
ImpactsIt has given people easy access to information, instant
communication to another person across the globe, rapid media
output and immediate feedback on projects such as videos, reports,
games and so on.
ImpactsAmongst these advancements, many issues have arisen that
have made policing said technologies a tiresome and expensive
ordeal.
ImpactsThese include the loss of privacy, lack of territorial
jurisdiction (making it especially difficult for the government to
police cyber crimes), greater vulnerability to cyber crimes and
anonymity.
Impact on the VictimFor the victim of a cyber crime, technologys
impact is remarkable as the victim, in some cases, doesnt always
receive a just form of compensation to them and a fair punishment
to the perpetrator.
Because of technologys considerable breadth, finding the
perpetrator in the first place is a tough job in and of itself.
Impact on the PerpetratorAs for the perpetrator, if theyre
caught, their reputation is at stake of being permanently
tarnished. Their actions in the digital world have real and
concerning results in the real world.
If they arent caught however, their free, as a result of the
accessibility of technology, to roam around causing havoc. The
government will almost always be one step behind these people.
Enforcing the LawPolicing the internet is a tremendously
tiresome task as factors including legal jurisdictions for
governments, anonymity and the ethical and legal issues regarding
surveillance.
Unlike real-life crimes and the subsequent evidence, the
evidence in a cyber crime case can be much more easily tampered
with as its all essentially a string of ones and zeros. Enforcing
the LawAn investigator can contaminate the evidence simply by
examining it, and sophisticated cyber criminals can set up their
computers to automatically destroy the evidence when accessed by
anyone other than themselves.
Enforcing the LawThe rights of the victim are particularly
difficult to enforce as more times than not, they arent aware that
the cyber crime has occurred to them, thus reports arent made. More
times than not though, victims dont report cases of cyber crime as
theyll be seen as embarrassing or commercially damaging.
Enforcing the LawThe rights of the perpetrator are, too,
especially difficult to enforce as they may fall victim to
unethical police tactics such as entrapment and unkown
surveillance.
Case: Overview
In 2011, David Noel Cecil was charged on forty counts of hacking
into systems owned by Platform Networks. He obtained the usernames
and passwords of the managing director.
For this, David was sentenced to 6 months in jail on 18 charges
and another 2 years on the remaining 22 charges.
Case: Overview
Case: Legal Implications
He pleaded guilty to 2 counts of, Unauthorised modification of
data to cause impairment pursuant to Section 477.2 of the Criminal
Code and 18 counts of, Unauthorised access to data pursuant to
Section 478.1 of the Criminal Code.
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